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INDIANS 



The annual appropriation is about $80 per 

 pupil. 



American Indian Day. On May 13, 1916, 

 was celebrated for the first time an Indian 

 national holiday, which every person of Indian 

 ancestry was called upon by the Society of 

 American Indians to observe as a day "set 

 apart as a memorial to the red race, and a 

 wise consideration of its future." The second 

 Saturday in May of each year will be thus 

 honored in the United States not only in every 

 Indian school and upon every Indian reserva- 

 tion, but in many white communities as well. 



Indian Reservations, territories set apart as 

 homes of the Indian charges of the nation, are 

 maintained in both the United States and 

 Canada. In the latter country they are called 

 Indian reserves. White people are prohibited 

 from settling upon them, and no Indian is 

 permitted to pass the boundaries of his reserve 

 except on proper business or by consent of 

 the agent in charge. The government exer- 

 cises paternal care over the residents, protects 

 them in their legal rights, conducts schools, 

 and teaches the art of civilization. As rapidly 

 as possible the Indians are induced to abandon 

 tribal relations and adopt the habits of the 

 white race. 



The amount of land in use for Indian 

 reservations is constantly changing. In some 

 cases additions are made, in ethers there are 



RESERVATIONS, 1916 



withdrawals for purposes of conservation 

 (which see). Further, under the policy of 

 absorption of Indians into the nation the terri- 

 tories of the more civilized tribes are being 

 divided and opened for white settlement. 

 When it is decided to close a reservation in 

 this fashion, each member of the tribe is 

 allotted a reasonable amount of ground, and 

 the remainder of the holdings is sold and the 

 proceeds paid to the Indians. The members 



of the Five Civilized Tribes of Oklahoma 

 have in this way become fairly wealthy. 



Reserves in Canada are several times the 

 number of reservations in the United States, 

 many of them containing only a few acres. 

 This is because the Dominion government has 

 never followed the policy of concentrating its 

 Indians. E.S.C. 



Consult Brooks' Story of the American Indian; 

 Guerber's Story of the Thirteen Colonies; Wil- 

 son's Myths of the Red Children. 



Related Subjects. For more detailed infor- 

 mation as to the various tribes, the outstanding 

 single figures among the Indians, and certain 

 phases of their life, the reader is referred to the 

 following articles in these volumes : 



TRIBES 



Algonquian Indians 



Apache 



Arapaho 



Assiniboin 



Athapascan Indians 



Aztec 



Bellacoola 



Blackfoot 



Catawba 



Cayuga 



Cherokee 



Cheyenne 



Chickasaw 



Chinook 



Choctaw 



Comanche 



Conestoga 



Cree 



Creeks 



Crow 



Delaware 



Five Civilized Tribes 



Five Nations 



Flatheads 



Fox 



Huron 



Illinois 



Inca 



Iowa 



Iroquoian Indians 



Kaw 



Kickapoo 



Kiowa 



Klamath 



Kootenay 



Makaw 



Mandan 



Maya 



FAMOUS INDIANS 



Atahualpa Osceola 



Black Hawk Pocahontas 



Brant, Joseph . Pontiac 



Geronimo Powhatan 



King Philip Sitting Bull 

 McGillivray, Alexander Tecumseh 



Massasoit Uncas 



GENERAL TOPICS 



Calumet Totem 



Sun Dance Wampum 



Modoc 



Mohave 



Mohawk 



Mohican 



Munsee 



Muskhogean Indians 



Narragansett 



Navaho 



Nez Perc6 



Ojibwa 



Oneida 



Onondaga 



Osage 



Ottawa 



Pawnee 



Pequot 



Pima 



Ponca 



Potawatomi 



Pueblo 



Quapaw 



Sac 



Seminole 



Seneca 



Shawnee 



Shoshonean Indians 



Shoshoni 



Siouan Indians 



Sioux 



Tuscarora 



Ute 



Wampanoag 



Winnebago 



Yakima 



Yaqui Indians 



Yuma 



Zuni 



