This Department of the Interior Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs include an overview of Indian policy during this year and includes a report on the state of Indian Education, including information about a few Creek and Choctaw schools. The report also discusses the goal of using children as a link, or intermediary to their parents–tribal leaders.
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To access Indian affairs reports from 1826-1932, visit:Â http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=browse&scope=HISTORY.COMMREP
To access additional Indian Affairs reports from 1855-1949, visit:Â https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100103061Â
United States, Office of Indian Affairs, “Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Years, 1826.” Washington D.C.: Department of War. Accessed through the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Resource Database:Â https://boardingschoolhealing.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1826-Report.pdf.