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CONGRESS ON INDIAN PROGRESS
SAX FRANCISCO, CAIi., AUGUST 9 TO 15, 1915
THE CHEMAWA AMERICAN
T the invitation of the Panama-Pacific Internation Ex-
position, a Congress on Indian Progress, under the
auspices of the Northern California Indian Associa
tion and the United States Office of Indian Affairs,
will be held in the Auditorium at the New Civic Cen.
ter of San Francisco, from August 9th to 15th, in
clusive, 1915. As the plans develop it may be found
desirable to begin the Congress earlier or continue it longer.
Hon. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, has called a con
ference of workers in the Indian Service to be held in San Francisco
during the forenoons of August 9th to 14th. Employees of the service
who can be spared from their posts of duty will be given leave of ab
sence to attend this meeting. Some time ago the Northern California
Indian Association issued a preliminary announcement of a Congress to
be held in San Francisco at some convenient time during the Exposition.
Over 300 replies to this circular have been received, and about 200 ques
tions have been suggested for consideration. Many of these questions
of course relate to various phases of general topics. The responses in
dicate deep interest in the congress, and show the broad range that its
discussions will take. As soon as the general program can be outlined
another circular will be issued giving details in regard to it.
At a recent conference in San Francisco between H. B. Peairs, Super
visor of U. S. Indian Schools, and representatives of the Northern Cali
fornia Indian Association and the Bureau of Conventions and Societies
of the Exposition, it was agreed that plans' for these meetings should be
worked out in close co-operation, so that the conference of workers in
the Indian Service might become an integral part of the Congress and
might be, so far as possible, of interest and value to the general public,
and might emphasize facts that would arouse public sentiment in behalf
of needed improvements.
On certain forenoons when the conference of Indian School Workers
may be devoted to technical matters, another section of the Congress
will probably convene for the consideration of topics of popular interest.
THE GENERAL, PL,AN
In general, the plan for the Congress is to devote the forenoons and
evenings to sessions for the presentation of addresses by the most able
speakers to be secured and for- general discussions, leaving the after
noons free for visiting the Exposition. A feature of intense interest in