This Department of the Interior Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs includes an overview of Indian policy during this year and includes a report on Indian Education. This includes a description of subjects studied at boarding schools, uniforms, schools closed that year, and health conditions. Table 17, which can be found on p. 145 of the report, includes a breakdown of numbers of Indian children in on- and off-reservation boarding schools and day schools by state and school. Table 18, found on p. 152 of the report, includes an overview of boarding schools’ capacities, enrollment, and attendance, and Table 19 (p. 161) focuses specifically on attendance at boarding and day schools.
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Department of the Interior, “Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs to the Secretary of the Interior for Fiscal year Ended June 30, 1917.” Washington: Government Printing Office, 1917.
