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School Plant and Equipment Too many old buildings Machinery and other institutional equipment Freedom to select materials and textbooks Administration of Indian Education Indians and other government agencies Technical staff necessary for cooperation Financing the Indian Educational Program What the cost is likely to be Amount suggested is small

General Economic Conditions The Statistics of Indian Property and Income Many-Indians are poor Limitations of the statistical data Only per capita analysis possible Individually owned property Indian incomes Value of agricultural products Individual income The earned income is low Indian Property: Tribal The allotting of lands Corporate property Need of more lands Railroad land grants Tribal claims Utilization of tribal resources Indian Property: Individual The allotment of land The policy of the present administration in granting fee patents Fundamental steps in the advancement of the economic condition of the Indians Revolving fund recommended for purchase of Indian lands The problem of leasing individually owned land The question of taxation The duty of the government to protect and conserve Indian property Indian Income Tribal funds Elimination of leasing Use of tribal funds for administrative purposes Unearned income Children’s money Investment of surplus funds Material relief Agriculture Emphasis on subsistence agriculture Need for a program for each jurisdiction Need for local agricultural leaders Reimbursable loans for agricultural promotion