Tongue River.-A careful survey has indicated a considerable number of pupils of the Tongue River jurisdiction who are not enrolled in any school upon comple tion of the elementary school program there. We are proposing an increase of 30 pupils and provisions for senior vocational high school opportunities particularly adapted to the local reservation needs.

Tuba City (Navajo).—We are proposing an increase of 40 pupils on a boarding basis at the Tuba City School and inder the item for day pupils in boarding schools will be found a corresponding decrease. Experience in the past 2 years has demonstrated that it is not possible for these 40 pupils to attend on a day basis.

Warm Springs.-A complete reservation educational program is being developed on the Warm Springs Reservation and provision for 25 pupils on a senior vocational high-school basis are the minimum requirements at the present time. There are a considerable number of pupils who have not had the opportunity of such facilities upon completion of the elementary and junior high-school program at this boarding school.

SCHOOLS REESTABLISHED

Blackfeet. We are requesting funds for the reopening of the Blackfeet Boarding School with an enrollment of 150 pupils, for 50 of whom the vocational differential should be allowed. Because of the reduction of funds for the Indian Service several years ago, drastic action was necessary in order to continue an educational program in the Indian Service within the funds allowed. We attempted to meet the spirit and letter of the economy legislation and made a conscientious effort to provide educational opportunities for the Indians of the Blackfeet jurisdiction. For the past several years those children who have been attending have been enrolled in the Browning public schools. Conditions have not been entirely satisfactory. A comprehensive survey was recently made of the situation. It was found that with the abolishment of the boarding school, Indian families moved into the town of Browning in order that their children might attend the public school. These Indians are stockmen and farmers and should be out on their land. It is extremely difficult, however, to provide day school facilities in the local areas because of the nature of these industries. The Indians have settled in the so-called slum district of Browning and live in abject proverty and filth. Moral conditions are bad. Their homes consist of shacks built of tin cans, old tents, and dilapidated sheds. Frequently there is nothing more than a blanket for a door. As many as from 4 to 10 adults and children actually live in a oneroom shack of this kind, in an area where the thermometer goes to 40° below zero in the winter and the snow at times completely covers the shacks.

Our survey indicated a list of about 400 children of school age on the Blackfeet Reservation who were apparently without suitable home care; 57 were full orphans, 276 had one parent dead, 50 were illegitimate, 79 had been deserted by their parents, and 50 or more were the victims of broken homes or other adverse cir cumstances. It is recognized that making provision of only 150 in a boa ding school will not entirely meet the situation. Existing facilities, however, at the old Blackfeet Boarding School plant are inadequate to care for more than this number. This is one of our most urgent needs.

Fort Totten. As a result of reduced appropriations it was necessary to close the Fort Totten School. This school has been operated in the past 2 years as a Federal consolidated day school. During 1936, as the result of a tuberculosis survey, a considerable number of children of this northern area were found to be afflicted with tuberculosis. Many others were diagnosed as pretubercular. It is proposed to establish at the Fort Totten Boarding School a preventorium school for the care of pretuberculosis children. The survey indicated that 100 will be the minimum number for whom such facilities should be provided in 1938. Additional funds will be needed for medical care of these pupils and this request will be found in connection with the appropriation for health activities in the Indian Service.

Standing Rock. We propose accommodations for 80 pupils on a boarding basis at the Standing Rock School, Fort Yates, N. Dak. This was an old boarding school plant that was abandoned several years ago. Some of the pupils formerly

attending this school were taken care of in local public schools. Many others, however, were forced to leave school because high school facilities were not available. The local public high and grade school at Fort Yates is no longer able to care for the Indian children, even with the payment of tuition by the Federal Government. As a result of several conferences with local school officials, an agreement has been reached whereby the Federal Government will operate the school system at Fort Yates and permit the white children to attend upon payment of tuition. It is proposed to develop a senior vocational agricultural program for the high-school pupils. In order to make this program available to Stand Rock Indian boys and girls who live out on the reservation and who have completed the courses offered in various day schools, it is necessary to provide some dormitory facilities. Under the item for day pupils in boarding schools will be found a request for a number of Indian pupils on a day basis and proportionate reductions have been made in the item for aid to public schools.

Crow Creek. We propose accommodation for 25 pupils on a boarding basis at Crow Creek for 1938. At the present time these pupils are being cared for by a Mission group in the old government dormitory. They attend public school with tuition paid by the Federal Government. This arrangement has never been satisfactory and upon recommendation of the local superintendent, the superintendent of education for the Sioux territory, and the local Indians, it is proposed to operate a Government school here. Under the item for day pupils in boarding schools request is being made for an appropriation to care for pupils on a day basis in addition to these 25 on a boarding basis.

2. Day pupils in boarding schools, $225,125—(increase, 22,000).—This amount covers the following:

To show this detail by schools there follows a tabulation showing the number of day school pupils contemplated in each of the reservation boarding schools during 1938, together with the number proposed in the upper grades:

General. It will be noted that we are asking for an increase of $22,000 in this item. Of this amount $9,500 is accounted for by a request for the vocational differential of $25 for 380 pupils. The remainder is for increased enrollments. Vocational differential increase.-In accordance with our policy of developing senior high-school facilities on the local reservations to replace the educational facilities previously available in nonreservation boarding schools, provision should be made for vocational differential allowance for 380 pupils on a day basis in these boarding schools. Careful studies have been made during the past year, and this is the minimum number of pupils for whom such provision should be made. A similar per-capita rate has previously been established in our special consolidated day schools where such programs are in effect.

INCREASED ENROLLMENT

Cherokee. It has been found impracticable to enroll 260 pupils on a day basis in this school because of great distances of the homes from the school and the rough and somewhat treacherous mountain roads. A decrease of 35 pupils on a day basis is recommended.

Cheyenne and Arapaho.-There is an average attendance of 15 pupils on a day basis for whom the usual per capita should be provided.

Crow Creek.-Previously pupils on the Crow Creek Reservation have been attending public school at Fort Thompson. This program has not worked out satisfactorily as most of the pupils are from full-blood communities and publicschool authorities have been urging us for some time to take over the operation of the school. We are requesting funds for 120 pupils on a day basis. A proportionate deduction has been made in the item for aid to public schools.

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Pine Ridge. We are requesting an increase of 15 pupils at the Pine Ridge School to care for a number of children who are actually in attendance there and for whom appropriations have not been made previously.

San Carlos.-There are approximately 100 children out of school on the San Carlos Reservation for whom physical facilties are now in process of construction. These children have been denied educational opportunities because of inadequate facilities. We are requesting an appropriation at this time to care for 40 of these pupils on a day basis.

Standing Rock-Since the abolishment of the boarding school at Fort Yates the Indian children have been attending the local public school. This situation has not been satisfactory due largely to the fact that the local public-school district has not been financially able to conduct the school, even though the Federal Government has been paying more than a reasonable rate of tuition. Numerous surveys and conferences have been held with the local public-school people, and they have petitioned the Federal Government to take over the operation of this school. We are requesting funds for 160 pupils on a day basis. In addition there will be approximately 100 white children in attendance for whom the local district will pay the Federal Government tuition. Increased physical facilities are under construction at the present time. Under the item for boarding schools we have requested funds for 80 pupils on a boarding basis. Some of these boarding school pupils have been in attendance at Bismarck. We propose

to close the Bismarck Boarding School at the end of the present term. It is believed to be more desirable to provide educational facilities on the home reservation where a program adapted to local needs can be developed. An appropriate reduction in the item for aid to public schools is made.

3. Day schools, $1,252,350 (increase, $69,000).—This amount is composed of the following:

The lowest minimum needs for each class of day schools under this item have been recognized by Congress. No increase in this unit allowance is requested for 1938. The increasing demands of adult Indians for participation in the school and community programs, however, are challenging the best efforts of our personnel to operate within the minimum allowance. We are requesting an increase in the total amount for this item to care for the operation of a number of new schools. Established unit allowances for each type of school are as follows:

General. It will be noted that we are asking for an increase of $69,000 in this item. This is accounted for by the establishment of new schools and the addition of extra units at existing schools. Through Public Works allotments a number of new school facilities have been constructed or are in process of construction. Provision for their operation is necessary. In a few other instances facilities are already available and the schools have been operated by the public-school districts, but for various reasons these schools have been turned back to the Indian Service for operation. In such cases proportionate decreases have been suggested in the item for aid to common schools.

Heart Butte (Blackfeet). This is a two-room school previously operated by the public-school authorities. It has been turned back to the Indian Service for operation. It is in a community of full-blood Indians. A proportionate reduction has been made in the item for aid to public schools.

Colony (Cheyenne and Arapaho).—A resettlement project has recently been established at Colony and provision for the operation of a two-room school should be made for 1938.

Red Moon (Cheyenne and Arapaho).—Funds are requested for the operation of a one-room day school at this place for 1938. A recent settlement of Indians in this community has been effected and unless provision is made for the operation of a one-room unit here these pupils will be without school facilities.

Four Bear (Cheyenne River).-This is a one-room unit previously operated by the local public-school district in a Government building. The public-school district no longer desires to be responsible for the program there and in view of the fact that this is likewise a full-blood community, we are requesting funds for its operation by the Indian Service. A proportionate reduction in the item for aid to public schools is made.

Red Scaffold. This is a two-room unit being operated by the Indian Service. The addition of an extra unit is necessary in order to provide opportunities for the children of that community. At present we are able to care for only two-room capacity. The remainder of the children are being denied educational privileges this year.

Franklin and Jenna (Choctaw).-For a number of years the Government has been paying tuition to parish-school districts in Louisiana for the education of Indian children at Franklin and Jenna. The superintendent of education for that area and the local reservation superintendent have urged that these be Federal day schools operated by the Indian Service. These are entirely Indian communities and there is considerable prejudice among the white residents of this area against the Indians. We are requesting funds for the operation of a one-room day school in each of these communities for 1938. Proportionate reductions have been recommended in the item for aid to public schools.

Ute Mountain (Consolidated Ute).-At the time of the closing of the Ute Mountain Boarding School and the enrollment of the pupils on a day basis, there was some skepticism on the part of the local people relative to attendance of these children on a day basis. Last year the attendance increased to a point beyond the capacity of two rooms. We are accordingly requesting funds for operating expenses of one additional room unit.

Fort Thompson (Crow Creek).—We are asking for a decrease in this item of the three-room day schcol unit at Fort Thompson since request is included in another item of this Budget for the operation of this school on a boarding and day basis. Big Warm (Fort Belknap).-A new school building has recently been constructed from Federal funds at Big Warm. During the past year the school has been operated by the public-school district. The Indians, our superintendent of edu cation, and the reservation superintendent have recommended that this school be taken over by the Federal Government inasmuch as it is located in a full-blood