Standing Rock Reservation, N. Dak.. Pipestone Indian School, Minnesota_ The Mille Lac Chippewa, Minnesota_ Hayward Indian School, Wisconsin___ SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1929 WASHINGTON, D. C., September 1, 1929. SIR: We have the honor of submitting for your information and consideration the Sixtieth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1929, during which members of the board officially visited the following jurisdictions of the Indian Service: Mission, Sacramento, and Hoopa Valley Agencies and Sherman Institute, Calif.; Carson School and Agency, Nev.; Northern and Southern Pueblo Agencies and the Albuquerque and Santa Fe schools, N. Mex.; Salem School, Oreg.; Neah Bay, Tahola, and Tulalip Agencies, Wash.; Blackfeet Agency, Mont.; Standing Rock Agency, N. Dak.; Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak.; Pipestone School and the Mille Lac Chippewa, Minn.; Hayward School and Agency, Wis.; the Mount Pleasant School and the L'Anse Reservation, Mich.; Seminole Agency, Fla.; the New York Indians. The special reports which were made on these units are appended herewith in abridged form. The board held its customary meetings during the year. At the annual meeting, January 9, 1929, Samuel A. Eliot, of Boston, Mass., was elected chairman and Malcolm McDowell, of Washington, D. C., was elected secretary of the board for the ensuing year. SIX DECADES OF INDIAN PROGRESS This is our Sixtieth Annual Report. The series began in 1869, when Congress, at the instance of President Grant, established the Board of Indian Commissioners to cooperate, as an inspecting and advisory body, with the President, Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in matters concerning the Indians under Federal supervision. The birth year of the board, 1869, was distinguished by President Grant's declaration of his epoch-making "peace policy" as a fundamental principle of Federal administration of Indian affairs. The coincidence of this historical event with the beginning of the board has prompted us to select this notable year in the history of the Indians as the starting point for a review of the happenings which contributed toward bringing about the present Indian situation, and which may disclose the underlying causes of some of the failures as well as some of the achievements of the Indian Bureau. SIXTIETH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF INDIAN COMMISSIONERS, FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 1929 WASHINGTON, D. C., September 1, 1929. SIR: We have the honor of submitting for your information and consideration the Sixtieth Annual Report of the Board of Indian Commissioners for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1929, during which members of the board officially visited the following jurisdictions of the Indian Service: Mission, Sacramento, and Hoopa Valley Agencies and Sherman Institute, Calif.; Carson School and Agency, Nev.; Northern and Southern Pueblo Agencies and the Albuquerque and Santa Fe schools, N. Mex.; Salem School, Oreg.; Neah Bay, Tahola, and Tulalip Agencies, Wash.; Blackfeet Agency, Mont.; Standing Rock Agency, N. Dak.; Cheyenne River Agency, S. Dak.; Pipestone School and the Mille Lac Chippewa, Minn.; Hayward School and Agency, Wis.; the Mount Pleasant School and the L'Anse Reservation, Mich.; Seminole Agency, Fla.; the New York Indians. The special reports which were made on these units are appended herewith in abridged form. The board held its customary meetings during the year. At the annual meeting, January 9, 1929, Samuel A. Eliot, of Boston, Mass., was elected chairman and Malcolm McDowell, of Washington, D. C., was elected secretary of the board for the ensuing year. SIX DECADES OF INDIAN PROGRESS This is our Sixtieth Annual Report. The series began in 1869, when Congress, at the instance of President Grant, established the Board of Indian Commissioners to cooperate, as an inspecting and advisory body, with the President, Congress, the Secretary of the Interior, and the Commissioner of Indian Affairs in matters concerning the Indians under Federal supervision. The birth year of the board, 1869, was distinguished by President Grant's declaration of his epoch-making "peace policy" as a fundamental principle of Federal administration of Indian affairs. The coincidence of this historical event with the beginning of the board has prompted us to select this notable year in the history of the Indians as the starting point for a review of the happenings which contributed toward bringing about the present Indian situation, and which may disclose the underlying causes of some of the failures as well as some of the achievements of the Indian Bureau. |