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commerce.CIV1UZINO THE INDIANS.Judge Hhirim' decision denying the power of the Indian agent to compel a girl from the Tama Indian reservation to attend the government school may mean the closing of the school and to the children of the reservation the loss of an opportunity for training that would ht them for a variety of pursuits.This is regrettable, but there Is no help for it. The history of the Tama reservation Is strongly similar to that of the Indians of the American continent since the pilgrims first set foot on Plymouth Rock. The tribal Instinct ha* survived and with it aversion toIntercourse with the white* and to thesurrounding civilisation. Thu tribal instinct has even been manifested In the conduct of the graduates of the Indian school at Carlisle, Pa. it is a fact against which the government can legislate only with disadvantage to the peace and safety of the border and the happiness of the Indian. It makes compulsion unwise and the unwisdom is all the more apparent because the Indians are small and decreasing in numbers. They occupy now but a spook comparatively on the earths surfaceand have no participation in the gov-emment.Under surh circumstances the question of their education can properly t« considered only from the standpoint of their happiness. The government has performed its full duly by offering them the opportunity presented in the school at Tama. This opportunity they should be free to decline without sacrificing any provision the governmenthas made for their support. A school they will attend of their own free willIs the only one worthy to be maintained.
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Daily Times
Dubuque, Iowa, US
Sun, Dec 31, 1899
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