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Family Relations
Differences between Indian ‘and mite faniiliew:
Government treatment of family difficulties.
Strains imposed by the system of education .
Effects of the system upon parents.
Effects of the system upon children .
Sex morality and the schools . . .
Attitude of returned students toward parents eee
Strains caused by failure to educate parents for economic
independence y
Lack of control of tribal ‘fasnees :
Lack of control of family finances. ;
Repressive character of interracial relatiofiships
Results in personality
Results in family relations .
Strains due to the system of relief.
Rations j ;
Government support of échool icdilidren ;
Care of dependent children.
Private social work with families.
Desirable measures to promote family solidarity
The Field Service to Indian Homes.
Field matrons .
Field nurses
Superintendents : at
Improvement of home conditions :
Education of women for homemaking
Relations with state and private agencies.
The Education of Girls for Homemaking .
Home economics in the schools.
The day schools. .
The boarding schools j
Boarding school life adaptable to éducational ends! ,
Education value of standards maintained by the boarding
schools . :
The matrons in hoardiie schools d
The outing system
Community Life : 4 ; 4
Forms of community organization among Indians .
Recreational activities Tet:
Economic and civic organization .
Degenerative tendencies : ,
The community the smallest unit for effective work
Experience in white communities applicable.
Utilization of Indian activities. ‘
Specific training for future citizenship among whites;
Economy of organizing communities.
Type of organization desirable.
Women as Wage Earners.
Homemaking the objective of school training
Domestic service . ‘
Training for nursing, teaching, and Getical work.