Annual Report Of The Department Of Indian Affairs For The Year Ended 31st December PDF Download

Excerpt from Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs: For the Year Ended March 31 1907 Education. - Three of the children from 'these reserves are at the Roman Catholic boarding school at Onion Lake, there being no school of any kind nearer them. The parents of the children - who are from three different families - are pleased to have them at the school, and do not interfere with them in any way. The pupils are pro gressing favourably. Characteristics and Progress - With the exception of five families, these Indians may be called indolent so far as industrial pursuits are concerned, but the five are progressing favourably, and are supporting themselves. The indolent, though nomi nally Christians, are paganish in their habits, and the tum-tum is often to be heard a't night. Otherwise, they are all quiet, well-conducted people, and are law-abiding. Temperance and Morality. - Intemperance has not yet reached these people, and morally I do not know that they can be called bad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.