2l8 AMERICAN NATIVE RACES OF MEN 



a few individuals living in the canyons of the Sierras, or 

 on desert lands that would be spurned by the lowest white. 

 Every year the people of California are importuned by 

 friends of some of these Indians to aid in saving them 

 from starvation. It should be the duty of every student 

 to post himself upon the condition of these unhappy wards 

 of the nation, and see to it through Congress that they 

 have justice. The government is endeavoring to educate 

 the Indians. Schools and institutions of various kinds 

 have been provided, all intended to render the original 

 owners of the land self-supporting after the American 

 fashion. 



