wwwwŏŏ o OPENING ADDRESS, BY ANDREW S. DRAPER, LL.D............. THE INDIAN POLICY OF TODAY, BY HON. FRANCIS E. LEUPP. INDUSTRIAL EDUCATION FOR THE INDIAN, BY CHARLES DOXON. LACE-MAKING BY INDIAN WOMEN, BY MISS SIBYL CARTER. CONDITIONS ON STANDING ROCK AGENCY, BY MISS MARY C. COLLINS 37 THE NEED OF PUBLICITY IN INDIAN AFFAIRS, BY JOHN M. OSKISON 38 CONDITIONS AMONG THE NATIVES OF ALASKA, BY REMARKS OF WILLIAM A. LIGHT... 41 42 48 THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, BY JOHN BANCROFT DEVINS, D.D.................... 63 OUR DUTY TO THE FILIPINOS, BY LYMAN ABBOTT, D.D................ THE FILIPINO AS A LABORER, BY REAR ADMIRAL FRANKLIN HAN- FORD CONDITIONS IN SAMOA, BY COMMANDER EDWARD J. DORN, U. S. N., 79 REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO MEMORIALIZE CONGRESS IN FAVOR OF NA- 78 Fourth Session. CONDITIONS IN HAWAII, BY HON. F. M. HATCH.. THE NEEDS OF HAWAII, BY REV. OLIVER P. EMERSON.. LIGHT, A COAST DEFENSE, BY THEODORE RICHARDS.. REMARKS OF REV. DOUGLAS P. BIRNIE... THE HAWAIIAN'S CAPACITY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION, BY REV. WIL- Fifth Session. REPORT OF COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE AND CONSIDER THE RELIGIOUS DISCUSSION OF RELIGIOUS WORK AMONG INDIANS, BY REV. JAMES M. TAYLOR, D.D....... CHARLES F. MESERVE, LL.D. REV. JAMES W. KIRK.. REV. A. T. PIERSON, D.D.. MERRILL E. GATES, LL.D. Sixth Session. PAGE 83 88 THE PORTO RICAN PEOPLE, BY JOSEPH ANDERSON, D.D..... WHAT PORTO RICO CAN DO FOR THE UNITED STATES, BY SAMUEL MCCUNE LINDSAY, Ph.D...... 125 130 PAST INFLUENCES OF THE PORTO RICANS, BY BRIGADIER GENERAL J. 135 PORTO RICO'S NEED OF INDUSTRIAL PROSPERITY, BY DR. AZEL AMES. 138 140 REMARKS OF MRS. A. S. QUINTON.. 141 OUR INDIAN AND ISLAND ACHIEVEMENT AS A RETRO-ACTIVE INFLU-.... 142 LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE CONFERENCE.. 146 APPENDIX RESUME OF THE YEAR'S WORK OF THE INDIAN BUREAU. 149 INDEX 152 PLATFORM OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH ANNUAL LAKE MOHONK CONFERENCE OF FRIENDS OF THE INDIAN AND OTHER DEPENDENT PEOPLES Unanimously Adopted October 19, 1906. The work of this Conference is to consider and advise as to the present duties of our Government and our people in behalf of those peoples which are under our control, but are not yet fitted for self-government. It is the belief of this Conference that such a condition should not continue indefinitely. It should be the aim of our Government to develop these peoples by the processes of intellectual, moral and spiritual education into the exercise of full, self-governing citizenship, whether they be Indians, Eskimos, Porto Ricans or Filipinos. Much has been achieved already to this end. This has been made for the first time in the history of subject peoples the accepted policy of the governing nation. We acknowledge gratefully the good work already accomplished by the President and his Cabinet, by Congress, by the officers of the Army and Navy, and by a multitude of devoted men and women who have given their lives' best service to uplifting those of other races. We believe that these Possessions have come into our hands, not that we may make them serve us, but that we may serve them. This is the prime principle of our duty, and we are to do this in no spirit of racial superiority, but in the faith that what we have acquired and done they also may acquire and do, and that freedom and self-government are to be the ultimate right and possession of all. Each step gained requires other steps to follow. This Conference has made many recommendations, and has had the great pleasure of seeing many of them adopted. Without argument we now offer the following further recommendations as to future policy, some of which we would have embodied in legislation, while others are submitted to the executive departments or to individuals or organizations. We recommend the following steps of advance in the general policy of our Government towards our detached Territories and Possessions: That Congress segregate and devote to the use of our detached Territories and Possessions the revenue derived by the Federal Government therefrom, after paying the cost of administration. That it is the duty of the General Government to assure the provision of an adequate school system, carried on so far as rossible in the English language, for all children of schcol age in all our Territories and Insular Possessions; and that where the local revenues do not suffice the cost be paid by the General Government. In particular, we recommend for our Indian tribes: That the purpose of the Lacey Bill for the division of tribal funds into individual holdings be approved, and that such division be made effective as speedily as possible, and that Indians be paid their individual holdings as fast as they are able to learn the use of money. That in one or more of the larger Indian industrial training schools the course of study be so extended that graduates can pass from them into the Agricultural and Mechanical Colleges maintained in the States and Territories. That Congress by definite legislation prohibit the use of Indian trust funds by the Government for the instruction or support of Indian students in schools under ecclesiastical control. We call the attention of the Christian Churches and all other religious bodies to the urgent need of co-operation in promoting the spiritual uplifting of the Indians. In particular, for Alaska we recommend: That Congress amend the law providing for the election of a Delegate from Alaska, by giving citizenship and the right of suffrage to such native men of twenty-one years and upwards as can read and write. That the General Government provide an adequate system of industrial and day schools for the natives of Alaska, with compulsory attendance; and that it provide for hospitals and sanitary care, and that such schools and also the care of the reindeer herds be kept under the charge of the Bureau of Education. That a sufficient number of courts be established in Alaska for the effective administration of justice. For Porto Rico we particularly recommend: That citizenship be conferred upon its people as recommended by the President. That industrial training be given a place in all elementary schools and that trade schools be established at convenient locations. That the need of hospitals, dispensaries and medical relief be called to the attention of those engaged in philanthropic work. In particular, we recommend for Hawaii: That the Customs dues lost to that Territory by its annexation to the United States be restored to it, after the expenses of administration are deducted, so that such funds may be used for education and for other local purposes. For the Philippines, we particularly urge: That the bill passed by the House of Representatives providing for a reduction of the tariff be adopted by the Senate. That the system of civil government so wisely created by Congress be extended as rapidly as peaceful conditions may allow, |