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Theodore Roosevelt encloses letters from Roger Alden Derby and William Hill. Roosevelt only knows Hill by reputation but believes his statements should be taken under consideration. He knows Derby well and will vouch for his character. Derby has done excellent agricultural work in North Carolina and his letter should also be considered.
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1916-07-01
President Roosevelt tells Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp that he is glad that William Hazlett wrote to him and wishes that he could publish both Leupp and Hazlett’s letters.
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1908-02-12
President Roosevelt tells Bishop Horstmann that he has asked for a full investigation into the message that Horstmann called his attention to, and promises to deal severely with offenders. In conference with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp and Attorney General Charles J. Bonaparte, Roosevelt has tried to support contract schools, but has been opposed by Episcopalians and Congregationalists. Roosevelt cannot go farther than the law permits, however, and there is currently a lawsuit alleging that the government has unfairly favored Catholic contract schools. He promises to have Leupp answer Horstmann’s letter at greater length.
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1906-08-10
President Roosevelt informs Commissioner of Indian Affairs Leupp of his recent discussion with Senator Nelson W. Aldrich, who had been misinformed about Leupp’s work by Father W. H. Ketcham. Roosevelt gave Aldrich three summary statements regarding the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which he lists. These include intolerance of fraud concerning Native petitions, enabling expression of Native opinions, and providing an equal financial basis for education at government and church schools.
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1906-01-25
President Roosevelt thanks Lyman Abbott, editor of the Outlook, for the letter and editorial on Native American education. However, he disagrees with Abbott on various points. In particular, he finds the analogy between Native American trust funds and government funds for white citizens misleading.
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1905-02-12
President Roosevelt discusses with Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock the authority for granting contracts for educating Native Americans in denominational schools as presented in the January 31 letter from Commissioner of Indian Affairs Francis E. Leupp.
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1905-02-03
President Roosevelt invites Charles J. Bonaparte to lunch to discuss the Indian school question and the Indian Territory investigation.
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1904-02-25
President Roosevelt would like a quick decision regarding the use of tribal funds for Indian schools.
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1904-01-11
President Roosevelt asks if there is anything new to report in the “Indian school ration matter” from communications with Eugene Philbin or Charles Bonaparte himself.
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1903-11-30
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Roosevelt informs Joseph Gaston Baillie Bulloch that he has been offered a position as a physician at the Indian Boarding School in Oneida, Wisconsin, effective immediately.
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1897-09-16
David L. Stafford asks Theodore Roosevelt to help members of the Cuchattee Tribe. Stafford would like to attend Bible school. He also mentions an Indian boy named George Williams who was convicted of forging a check.
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1909-04-24
Indian Affairs Commissioner Leupp refutes Civil Service Commission President John Charles Black’s assertion that allowing an Indian student to fill a non-competitive messenger position in the Bureau of Indian Affairs is against the civil service code and would lead to non-competitive hiring of unqualified people. Leupp tells Secretary of the Interior Garfield that he believes that placing a student from one of the Indian schools in the messenger position would encourage him to better himself and work to achieve promotion to more competitive roles, thus helping integrate into white society.
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1908-02-10
Charles M. Ziebach, superintendent of Sullys Hill National Park, informs Clement S. Ucker of the Department of the Interior that he did not visit any Indian schools on his return trip to Fort Totten from Yosemite National Park last October. He realized that he had to rush back to complete the quarterly reports on the Fort Totten school to get them submitted in time and was unable to make any stops. He was unable to inform Ucker of this before leaving Los Angeles.
1913-02-23
The Outlook criticizes President Roosevelt’s position on authorizing the expenditure of Indian trust funds for sectarian schools and discusses why it is flawed.
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1905-02
President Roosevelt thanks the Grand Army for their escort. He greets the children of an Indian school in Albuquerque and says, “The Indian who will work and do his duty will stand on a par with any other American citizen.”
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1903-05-05
Dickinson writes to President Roosevelt regarding Indian affairs and argues that the Roman Catholic methods of educating the Indians are much superior to other methods in use. Dickinson was a member of President Cleveland’s Cabinet, and he is now “a man without a party,” but supports Roosevelt and is proud to have voted for him. He offers his aid, if such can be of use to the President without an office or reward of any kind.
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1902-05-12