Show 1 lit na S s V TO 4 ott tt 25 ru re 11 1 ut at th auriau of indian wf af fairs of the tile department of thi the inter lor for how show un an of injian indian children in indian schools of western state the enrollment in is greater than the rapacity capacity of the schools incomplete returns show that up to date indian india n boy boys and girl girls have enrol enrolled enro ltd in indian schools id td by the government and over 35 have enrolled in pub lie lic schools this ie III a striking contrast nt to con dillon lit ions which existed no longer than 14 a decade ago o 0 at that time the big I 1 problem facing the bureau of indian affairs was to 0 o compel indian parent parents to send their children to schol it wa was necessary for indian agents 1 and thoc in charge of indian schools rot tot only to use nil all sorts art of persuasion to fet yet indian children into the chool schools but in some instances troops of U S cavalry were dent sent to indian te reserva serva eions tir tor compel indian parent parents to send their children to school schools the government provided for them the there M A arc re tome case cases on record where the build ing materials for construction of gov school schools on indian reserva tiong tion were destroyed or etolen stolen by the indian indians in order to keep the schools from rom being completed today the big problem facing the bureau in 1 to provide sufficient facil itie to accommodate the indian children tho the change hax has been bri brought about by a ten year cam earn laign of education among the indians to teach them the value of educating I 1 their children the larrer indian schoola schools that have to be enlarged this ea ear r in order to Lc e enrollments are the basket institute at lawrence kansas the sherman I 1 school at riverside california and the schools at phoenix arizona santa fe new mexico and salem oregon |