meekly Chemawa American
VOL VIII. JANUARY 19, 1906 NO. 39
Ti55 Reel's Report
'Ihe report of our Superintendent of
Indian Schools, Miss Estelle Reel, for
this year has been received, giving an
outline of the work of the School Service
during the past year. It deals largely
with the Industrial features of Indian
education and is replete with photo-'
graphs, showing the industrial advance
ment of our Indians.
Salem (Chemawa) School.
"New buildings have been erected,
and this is now the largest and best
equipped Indian school in the North
west. The general conditions at the
school showed improvement over those
prevailing at the time of my visit, the
previous year, and the boys who have
graduated from the industrial depart
ments have done well. This school is
located in a section where almost all
kinds of fruit can be raised and general
agricultural work carried on to advant
age. It would therefore seem advis
able to have these pursuits carried on
more extensively than at other schools
in less favored regions and pupils give
move extensive training in fanning,
dairying, and horticulture. In order
that this may be accomplished, it is re
commended that additional land be purchased."
Siletz School
"The average attendance for the year
was practically up to the enrollment 63.
The school has a good farm, well fenced,
and mostly under cultivation. It is
necessary here that the boys be instruct
ed in agriculture, including stock raising
and dairying, and the girls be taught
cooking, the care of milk, and butter
making, since the children's homes are
in a section particularly well adapted to
farming and grazing.
'The class-room work was good. The
grounds and buildings have been im
proved since my previous visit. There'
are few facilities for giving industrial
instruction, and it would seem advis
able that the larger pupils should be
transferred to. Chemawa school as soon
as they are sufficently advanced. It is
believed that this Agency could with ad
vantage be united with the Grande
Ronde Agency, where the conditions are
similar, and that uniting the two would
result in benefit to both. The Siletz In
dians are self-supporting and fairly well-to-do,
and capable of looking afttr their
own affairs. Two or three day schools
could be conducted to advantage on the
reservation.