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Merriam Report Chapter 1

Merriam Report Chapter 1. Introduction to American Indian Studies AIS 310. Presented by Lucretia Lovato Randi Begaye Daniel Ellis. Indian Conditions. Economic Conditions Majority of Indians are poor View of Indian work ethics Living/Health Conditions Housing Spread of Diseases

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Merriam Report Chapter 1

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  1. Merriam Report Chapter 1 Introduction to American Indian Studies AIS 310 Presented by Lucretia Lovato Randi Begaye Daniel Ellis

  2. Indian Conditions • Economic Conditions • Majority of Indians are poor • View of Indian work ethics • Living/Health Conditions • Housing • Spread of Diseases • Diet

  3. Education “The Indian Service should encourage promising Indian youth to continue their education beyond boarding schools and to fit themselves for professional, scientific, and technical callings” p.35

  4. Funding • Per-Capita Payments - Disbursement - Uses • Healthcare - Conditions - Staff • Inheritance -Money & Land

  5. Government Eyes • “Government and the missionaries have often failed to study, understand, and take a sympathetic attitude toward Indian ways, Indian ethics, and Indian religion.” (pg. 33)

  6. “… The government undertook to feed them and to perform certain services for them which a normal people do for themselves.”

  7. How have we Improved?

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