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Cost of Indian Schools and Education

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Dec 3, 1902

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 28, No. 49.

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Cost of Indian Schools and Education

COMMISSIONER OF INDIAN AFFAIRS JONES, in his annual report to the government, states that up to the year 1890 the United States had spent $845,275,290 in fighting, subduing, and civilizing the Indians, and $240,000,000 for the education and care of their children. The total cost of the Indian schools for the fiscal year was $3,637,785. This amount maintained 249 schools, with an enrolment of 134,434 Indian pupils.