Show thirty years ago government decided to make the indian self supporting by SENATOR LAWRENCE C PHIPPS of colorado it is appalling to hear that in spite of the great amount of money which the indian bureau has expended in all these years for salm salaries ries for its officials who now number white men besides indians the indian is not advancing to any appreciable extent the amount appropriated pria ted by y congress for the indian bureau for 1887 was the 1920 budget called for disinterested authorities are arc credited with the statement that this jacv of advance and increase of expenditure are due to mismanagement and to a system unsuited to the object to be accomplished it was waa over thirty years ego ago in 1887 that the government decided to make the indians self supporting men and women and promised that aw when hen they became capable of holding property in the same mant mannar ar as the white man they should receive lil individual grants gro nta or patents pat enfa must it il he e all a farce |