A Conference of Christian Workers Among Indians P-syi) /V -A Xm ci. v’ ^^7 Held at Wichita, Kansas September 24 — 26, 1919 Co-operation for Indians Home Missions Council 156 Fifth Avenue New York City 1919 Co-operation for Indians The Number and Distribution of Indians Indians are in every State of the Union, from 119,108 in Oklahoma, down to but five in Delaware. The entire popu- lation in the United States, exclusive of Alaska, was re- ported as 336,243 on June 30, 1918. Who is Working for Them ? The United States Government maintains a “Bureau of Indian Affairs,” under the Department of the Interior, with two hundred and sixty persons employed in the office. Hon. Cato Sells, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, giving but par- tial returns, states in his report of 1918 that there are reported to him 594 churches of Indians, 405 Protestant, and 222 Catholic missionaries working among them, and. 43,346 Protestant, and 57,898 Catholic church-going Indians. The following Protestant denominations maintain missions among the Indians : the Baptists of both the North and the South, the Christian Church, the Congregationalists, the Evangelical Association, the Friends, the German Evangelical Association, the Lutherans, the Mennonites, the Methodists of both the North and the South, the Moravians, the Presby- terians of both the North and the South, the United Presby- terians, the Reformed Presbyterians, the Episcopalians, the German Reformed, the Dutch Reformed, and the Christian Reformed churches. In all there are twenty-six different Boards, representing twenty-one different Protestant denomi- nations working for the Indians. In addition there are sev- eral important branches of the Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation and of the Young Women’s Christian Association, a few independent missions, and the Roman Catholics. The Indian Rights Association, the National Indian Association, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Indians (sometimes called the John Eliot Fund), and the Society of American Indians, are helpful organizations. The Joint Committee on Indian Missions. The Home Missions Council, which has been in existence since 1908, combines and coordinates the activities of thirty- six different Home Mission Agencies, representing twenty- two denominations. From the beginning it has had a com- mittee on Indian missions. In January, 1919, this Committee was enlarged in scope so as to include representatives of the Council of Women for Home Missions, of the Young Men’s Christian Association, the Young Women’s Christian Asso- ciation, and of the separate Boards. The Committee as now constituted composes the following persons : (Representing the Home Missions Council) Rev. Rodney W. Roundy, Chairman E. M. Wistar E. L. Mills, D.D. (Representing the Council of Women for Home Missions) Mrs. Katherine S. Westfall Mrs. Tabor Knox Mrs. H. C. Louderbough (Representing the Young Men’s Christian Association) Rev. G. Elmer E. Lindquist (Representing the Young Women’s Christian Association) Miss Edith M. Dabb (Representing Boards) Henry Beets, LL.D. L. C. Barnes, D.D. Rev. G. Muckley T. C. Moffett, D.D. Rev. J. Friedli O. E. Goddard, D.D. Rev. Francis S. White The Conference. On invitation of the Joint Committee a Conference was held in the Assembly Room of Hotel Lassen, and in the audi- torium of the United Congregational Church, Wichita, Kansas, September 24-26, 1919. Who Were There? One hundred and six persons enrolled. Many others attended, one or more sessions, without enrolling. It was not intended, however, to be a popular assembly, but purely and simply a conference of workers. The roll showed rep- resentatives present as follows : Home Missions Council 6 Council of Women for Home Missions 2 Young Men’s Christian Association 3 Young Women’s Christian Association 8 Indian Rights Association 2 Director of Federation of Protestant Activities 1 Baptists (Northern) 13 Congregationalists 13 Disciples 1 Friends 18 Methodist Episcopal 9 Methodist Episcopal, South 1 Presbyterian (U. S. A.) 19 Protestant Episcopal 3 Reformed Church in America 13 Reformed Presbyterian 1 Swedish Lutheran 1 Undesignated 1 Total 115 Less names counted twice 9 Different persons enrolled 106 (See page 11 for complete Roll.) It was greatly regretted that the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Hon. Cato Sells, who was on the program to speak, and his associates in the administration of Indian affairs, were prevented from attending by conflicting duties connected with their office. Important Utterances. Mr. G. E. E. Lindquist, Secretary of Indian Work of the Young Men’s Christian Association, speaking on “An Ade- quate Christian Program,” presented the results of a careful study of the religious education given to Indian youth in the schools to which they have access. The Government maintains 310 schools, of which 200 are day schools, 70 are boarding schools on reservations, 24 are non-reservation schools, 2 are at the same time sanitariums, and the rest are tribal schools in Eastern Oklahoma. Of Mission Schools, Roman Catholics conduct 47 and Protestants 25. 29,463 Indian pupils are enrolled in public or private schools. Of the 7,237 pupils enrolled in 21 of the 24 non-reserva- tion schools, 4,242 show Protestant affiliation or inclination, 2,926 Roman Catholic, a few are acknowledged Mormons, and a few are “unattached,” that is pagan. Approximately 60 per cent, are Protestant and 40 per cent, are Roman Catholic. Practically 95 per cent, of our Indian Young People who are in any school whatsoever are enrolled in Government Indian Schools. The Government allows time for religious education on Sundays freely, and two hours on week days. But we are not using advantageously the time at our dis- posal. We must (1) take the Superintendent into our con- fidence, (2) expect more from pastors of local churches in the neighborhood, and (3) plan for a united program. The plan which has been put in operation at Haskell Insti- tute under a trained director can be, and should be, repeated at other schools, with such modifications as place and condi- tions require. Dean Francis S. White, Domestic Secretary of the Mis- sionary Society of the Protestant Episcopal Church, in speaking of Courses of Bible Study and Religious Literature, showed that as yet the many Boards were not adequately equipped with suitable text books, fitted for use amongst Indians, and named but two which at present seriously un- dertook to supply the need, — the Haskell Program in use in Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas; and the Niobrara Course of Religious Instruction, used by the Protestant Episcopal Church in South Dakota. Rev. Henry Roe Cloud, principal of the American Indian Institute, Wichita, spoke upon the need of a Trained Native Ministry. The basic need of the Indians is of a trained native Christian leadership. If met, it will solve other problems. Only the native can dream the dreams, feel the heart-longings, and think the thoughts of the Indian. He must be adequately trained, because he must lead his people out into the deeper reaches of life. Rev. H. H. Treat, missionary of the American Baptist Home Mission Society at Anadarko, Oklahoma, in discussing the Program and Life of the Indian Church, dwelt upon the meaning of the Great Commission as applied to Indian life and experience, and the necessity of the Indian church be- coming itself an evangelizing agency. The Indians should become praying bands, evangelistic bands, personal worker bands, leading their children, their neighbors, the other tribes, to know the way of salvation. Because of the Indians strong social life, it is desirable to keep alive the camp idea in conferences, of young and old together, upon practical Christian and social topics. Fireside schools are needed, at which there may be daily Bible study, led by an Indian already trained by the church to teach. Bishop Hugh L. Burleson of the Protestant Episcopal Church, South Dakota, interpreted the soul of the Indian, making the following analysis of his character : 1. The Indian is a natuaral poet and philosopher, a mystic and a dreamer. 2. He is more naturally religious than the white man; he has a sense of Divine presence. 3. He has a craving for guidance. He is not stolid. He only wants you to show that you care. 4. He has a socialized concept of life, he thinks in terms of the group. His very thriftlessness and his wanton lust for life have arisen from this sense of social solidarity. The Indian problem is really the problem of the white man, to get the white man to treat the Indians with a due regard for his character and his heart. Dr. Alva W. Taylor, professor in Missouri University, Columbia, Missouri, spoke upon “Rural Life Principles,” showing how the narrow sectarian program in country churches had proven inadequate for rural life, as a warning against similar divisions and barrenness in Indian work. Rev. G. A. Vennink, Congregational Missionary to the Crow Agency, Montana, showed in concrete terms how the Indian church, adapted to its environment, must carry out a full social program in order to meet the need. Dr. Josephine H. Kenyon, Miss Edith M. Dabb, and Mrs. Elsie E. Newton, all of the Young Women’s Christian Asso- ciation, discussed the education of Indian girls, with special reference to the moral and religious aspects of education in the laws of life and health. The menace of Peyote to Indian Life was presented by Rev. G. A. Watermulder, missionary of the Reformed Church in America to the Winnebago Indians of Nebraska. The Peyote bean stupifies, hallucinates and intoxicates, and leads to insanity. Some use it with honest intent, and call it “the Comforter,” “the Holy Spirit,” and support its use by quoting Scripture. Legislation against it, not simply State by State, but by the National Government, must be secured. Dr. Thomas C. Moffett of the Home Mission Board of the Presbyterian Church in the U. S. A., presented the case of Unreached Fields. Of Protestant Churches among Indians in the United States there are 460, additional mission stations 545, white ministers 212, Indian ministers 221, additional workers, white 153, Indian 222, Communicant members, 31,665 and Christian adherents, 67,176, according to last collated data. Over 47,000 Indians in eighteen States are at the present time unsupplied with religious oversight ^ and Christian instruction. ( The Missionary Review of the World for November, 1919 contains Dr. Moffett’s address entire.) Mr. S. M. Brosius, agent of the Indian Rights Association, Washington, D. C., thinks legislation against the use of Peyote should be prohibitive for white people as well as for Indians. Mr. Brosius discussed the whole legal status of the Indian. The Christian Basis. Each session of the Conference was opened by a brief address, devotional in character, setting forth the Christian Basis of the Conference, and the themes discussed. The speakers were Dr. A. W. Anthony, Rev. R. W. Roundy, Rev. Elmer E. Higley, Dr. Edward Laird Mills, Mrs. John S. Allen, Dr. George E. Hovey, and Mr. Edward M. Wistar. Votes Passed. Among the votes passed the following relate to policy : Mrs. Elsie E. Newton of the Young Women’s Christian Association was requested to secure, if possible, the appoint- ment of women physicians to investigate the use of Peyote among young Indians. In regard to the survey of Indian Missions by the Inter- church World Movement, it was recommended that State surveys be made so that the Indian problem can be seen in its relation to the State, and also that an Indian survey be made which will show the Indian problem itself, tribe by tribe. The allocation of responsibility for unoccupied fields was referred to the Joint Committee of the Home Missions Council. In view of the urgent and immediate need of native Indian workers, this Conference hereby asks that in all Indian Missions, as far as possible, the second or third Sun- day in November be set aside as a day of prayer to Almighty God that He will raise up, in the many tribes, men and women who shall give their lives to the service of Indian evangelization ; that, as far as possible, all friends of the Indian unite with us in prayer, for the object stated, on the date named. (The Executive Committee of the Home Missions Council designed Sunday, November 16, 1919, as this day of prayer.) Findings of the Conference. A Committee on Findings, to which resolutions were referred, brought in the following report, which was adopted : In these days of reconstruction, we realize, with increased clearness, the need of coordinating and correlating all agencies, working for the welfare of the Indians. We must join hearts and hands and prayers with all persons, and with all institutions, whose purpose is to make America a Christian Nation, and to bring the spirit of Christ and allegiance to Him into all lives and into all parts of life. To carry out the program of Christian Americanization, which means in the best sense of the term Christianizing and bringing into cooperative fellowship all individuals and institutions of our country, our Indian brothers need the continued and enlarged support of all Christians, all Chris- tian churches, and all Christian organizations. We reaffirm the necessity of a thorough-going policy of comity and cooperation, which shall prevent over-lapping, competition, and crowding, and will secure the largest measure of efficiency, economy and success, and shall pro- vide adequate care for every tribe and every group of Indians within our national domain. We set as our ideal of first importance the creation and maintenance of the native Indian church with a developed organization of life and worship, under competent native leadership. In order to provide and train an adequate, competent native leadership the Christian education of Indian children must begin as young as possible, and workers among Indians must be vigilant in discovering and fostering Indians who give promise for leadership, and in directing them to the schools and institutions for training, best suited to their individual needs. In this connection the Conference has noted with interest the development of “The American Indian Institute,” in Wichita, which is under the direction of an Indian, receives much support from Indians and exists for the Christian training of Indians. We are profoundly convinced that the education of Chris- tian children and youth, under the auspices and control of the Church, is still urgently needed in many tribes. The raising up of a native leadership, the supplying of pupils for more advanced institutes and seminaries, which train ministers and Christian workers, rests largely upon the Christian school which educates the children not yet in their teens, or not yet grown to adult years. Public schools are not yet provided in sufficient numbers and in suitable locations to serve all of these pupils, and in many instances Indian children are not received with the whites, nor are they, or their parents, sufficiently advanced in civilization to fit in with the new order involved in attendance at public schools. Thousands of young Indians, many of them from Christian homes, will grow up in ignorance and without prospects of becoming factors in church and com- munity life, unless Christian schools are provided. We, therefore, recommend to the denominational Boards, the continuance of the policy, for the present at least, of establishing and maintaining Christian schools where needs are unmet, as indicated by recommendations from the mis- sionaries on the field. In view of the extensive and alarming use of Peyote among the Indian tribes of the United States, which menaces the industrial, educational and religious work among them, is undermining health and morals and even threatens the life itself of its victims, we urgently request the Home Missions Council, seeking the cooperation of other agencies, such as the Indian Rights Association, the Society of American Indians, the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, the Anti-Saloon League, the Catholic Bureau, the Indian Bureau, and similar organizations, to create a special joint committee, or appoint special representatives, who shall secure the necessary legislation to check and eradicate the evil. And we urge the Home Mission Boards and the cooperat- ing organizations to join in raising the funds necessary for the obtaining of this legislation. We request the Home Missions Council to confer with the leaders of the Student Volunteer Movement to give as adequate a place to Home Missions in their program as they are now giving to Foreign Missions, both in presenta- tion of the needs of the field and in the appeal for volunteers, and we recommend that, if this is inconsistent with the plans of the Student Volunteer Movement, the Home Mis- sions Council be requested to take the necessary steps for organization of a Student Volunteer Movement for Home Fields in our colleges and seminaries. Recognizing the importance of a unified religious educa- tion program under trained religious work directors in the Government non-reservation, or other Government, Indian Schools, or schools under Mission Boards, and the imperative need of a united approach on behalf of all the Protestant agencies, we recommend the appointment of religious direc- tors for an increasingly larger number of these institutions, and that the Committee already appointed by the Joint Central Committee on Indian Affairs continue its work to determine ways and means of realizing this desired end. This Committee is composed of the following members : G. E. E. Lindquist, Mrs. John S. Allen, Dr. L. C. Barnes, and was appointed at a meeting of the Joint Central Com- mittee on Indian Affairs held at New York, April 15, 1919. We learn with satisfaction of the action of the Indian Department of the Government in approving proposed legis- lation now pending in Congress, which provides that all native-born Indians shall be merged into the citizenship of the State and be given the protection of, and be subject to, State Laws. We recommend that due caution should be exercised during this crucial period of transition from Federal to State jurisdiction; that provisions be made for en- forcement of State Laws by contribution from public funds, if necessary, so long as allotted lands are non-taxable. We further urge the great need of terminating the tribal or communal holding of property by Indian tribes to whom allottments of land in severalty have been made, a plan recently approved by the Department in reporting upon legislative measures pending in Congress, so that proper responsibility may be charged individually to this native people. We deem it desirable that immediate citizenship be given to all Indian soldiers and sailors, who have been enlisted in the United States Service during this last war. We recommend to the Home Missions Council that they seriously consider the advisability of urging the transfer of the supervision and control of the Indian Medical Service from the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the Public Health Department; and that the educational work for Indians be transferred to the Bureau of Education. We request the Joint Central Committee to appoint a sub- committee to prepare and perfect courses of religious litera- ture for Indian schools and homes. We record our determined opposition to the legislation and to the administrative policy which continue the sectarian contract and “covered in” schools, not under civil service regulation or regular inspection of the federal office. We appeal to our national legislators and to the Indian Office to carry out the substance and the spirit of the Act of Congress which reads : “It is hereby declared to be the settled policy of the Government to hereafter make no appropriation whatever out of the Treasury of the United States for Education of Indian children in any sectarian school.” We call attention to the publication of a statement by the Indian Rights Association entitled “Shall Public Funds be Expended for the Support of Sectarian Indian Schools?” We are convinced that the best interests of the Indians require that competent restricted Indians should be per- mitted to contribute a reasonable amount of their property to religious and benevolent purposes for Indian Welfare, if properly safeguarded. Rodney W. Roundy, Chairman of Committee. Alfred Williams Anthony, Executive Secretary. 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. ORGANIZATIONS DOING WORK FOR INDIANS. Home Missions Council, Alfred Wms. Anthony, Executive Secretary, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Indian Rights Association, M. K. Sniffen, Secretary, 995 Drexel Building, Philadelphia, Pa. National Indian Association, John W. Clarke, Secretary, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York City. Society of American Indians, Mrs. Gertrude Bonnin, Sec- retary, 707 20th Street, Washington, D. C. Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Indians (sometimes called “The John Eliot Fund”), Arthur P. Wedge, Secretary, 58 South Bourne Road, Boston, Mass. THE ROLL OF ATTENDANTS. (Titles are omitted.) Allaben, M. C., Womens Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Allen, John S., (Mrs.) Secretary Womens Board Domestic Missions, Reformed Church in America, 25 East 22nd Street, New York. Antelope, Faustinus W., Arapahoe, Wyo. Anthony, Alfred Williams, Executive Secretary Home Missions Council, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Bechtel, J. R„ (Mrs.), Y. W. C. A. Work Haskell Institute, also M. E. work. Lawrence, Kans. Beggs, S. S., (Mrs.), Bureau for Indian Work Kansas, Oklahoma and New Mexico, W. H. M. S., Methodist Episcopal Church, Topeka, Kansas. Berkenpas, Anna G., Missionary of Reformed Church, Winnebago, Nebraska. Brittell, J. J., Presbyterian Missionary to Omaga Indians, Walthill, Nebraska. Brodie, A. M., (Mrs.), Brodie, Charlotte, Wichita, Kansas. Brosius, S. M., Agent Indian Rights Association, McGill Building, Washington, D. C. Brown, Clark, Superintendent Friends Indian Work, Shawnee, Okla. Brown, Clark (Mrs.), Shawnee, Okla. Buchans, W. H., Arapahoe, Wyo. Burger, Chas. C., Pastor of United Congregational Church, Wichita, Kansas. Burleson, Hugh L., Bishop of S. Dakota, Episcopal, Sioux Falls, S. Dakota. Carithers, W. W., Reformed Presbyterian Church, Apache, Okla. Cassidy, G. W., District Secretary of the Baptist Foreign Missionary Society for Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming, Wichita, Kansas. Cassidy, G. W. (Mrs.), Wichita, Kansas. Cate, Dorothy, Indian Secretary in Arizona, Pacific Coast field of Y. W. C. A. Phoenix, Arizona. Cloud, Henry Roe, American Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas. Cloud, Henry Roe (Mrs.), Wichita, Kansas. Clouse, Howard H., Kiowa Indian Mission of the American Baptist Home Mission Society, Mountain View, Okla. Coolidge, Sherman,, Canon St. John’s Cathedral; Indian missionary and Chair- man Advisory Board of the Society of American Indians, Denver, Colorado. Dabb, Edith M., Y. W. C. A., 600 Lexington Avenue, New York. Danly, A. E., Presbyterian Missionary among the Chippewa Indians, Reserve, Wis. Danly, A .E., (Mrs.), Presbyterian Church, Chippewa Indians, Reserve, Wis. Deyo, E. C., A. B. H. M. S., Comanche Indians, Lawton, Okla. Dunnon, J. E., A. T. & S. F. Locomotive Engineer, 403 S. E Street, Arkansas City, Kans. Eckert, Bertha M., Y. W. C. A. Secretary to Indian Schools; Formerly at Bacone College, Dallas, Texas. Fellow, H. C„ General Superintendent of Education, Kansas Yearly- Meeting of Friends, and teacher in Roe Indian Institute, Wichita, Kansas. Fellow, Melissa S. (Mrs.), Member of Five Years, Board of Foreign Missions from Kansas Yearly Meeting of Friends; Corresponding Sec- retary of Kansas Yearly Meeting Board, 519 S. Glenn Street, Wichita, Kansas. Fife, Louis M., Seminole, Okla. Frye, Myra E., 607 S. Vine Street, Wichita, Kansas. Hall, Deborah, Y. W. C. A. Secretary to Indian Schools, Minneapolis, Minn. Hall, Robert D., International Committee Y. M. C. A., 347 Madison Avenue, New York. Harper, Richard H., Missionary to Comanches and Ft. Sill Apaches; Reformed Church in America, Lawton, Okla. Hartley, Geo. N., Associated Executive Committee of Friends of American, on Indian affairs, Fountain City, Indiana. Hatcher, Frank W., Friends Indian Missionary, Red Rock, Okla. Hatcher, Allie M., Friends Indian Missionary, Red Rock, Okla. Hertz, Rudolph, Missionary on Cheyenne River Sioux Indian Reservation, American Missionary Association, Eagle Butte, S. Dakota. Higley, Elmer E., Representing Board of Home Missions Methodist Episocapl Church, Des Moines, Iowa. Hovey, Geo. Rice, Secretary for Education of American Baptist Home Mis- sion Society, 23 E. 26th Street, New York City. Hyatt, Annie, Treasurer Womans Board of Home Missions, Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., 166 Marlborough Road, Brooklyn, N.- Y. Isely, M. Alice, Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas. Johnson, A. F., District Missionary to Dakotas, Presbyterian Dacotahs, Pine Ridge, S. Dakota. Johnson, J. A. (Mrs.), Bureau Secretary Pacific Coast Indian Work, W. H. M. S., M. E. Church, Los Angeles, Cal. Keel, Lewis C., 509 B Street, S. W., Ardmore, Okla. Kenyon, Josephine H., Secretary Education Bureau Y. W. C. A., 600 Lexington Avenue, New York. Kincaide, Reese, Secretary-Treasurer Mohonk Lodge, Colony, Okla. King, F. L., Missionary among the Arapaho Indians of Oklahoma, American Baptist Home Mission Society, Watonga, Okla. Lewis, Jennie, Missionary among Comanche Indians, Fletcher, Okla. Lindquist, G. E. E., Secretary for Indian Y. M. C. A. work, 347 Madison Avenue, New York. Lindsey, E. J., Superintendent Bible Department, Santee Normal Training School, Santee, Nebraska. Lunt, Lina B., 607 S. Vine Street, Wichita, Kansas. McFadden, J. R., First Methodist Church, Wichita, Kansas. McElwee, Robert, Indian Mission, Reform Church, Winnebago, Nebraska. McRuer, D., District Missionary Presbyterian Church among Choctaws, Creeks, Seminoles and Chickasaws, Norman, Okla. Magner, W. O., Magner, Adah, Missionaries to the Osage Indians, Hominy, Okla. Mayo, J. L., Mayo, S. N., 103 W. 21st Street, Wichita, Kansas. Meek, Susie, Special Worker Y. W. C. A., 600 Lexington Avenue, New York. Mendenhall, Omar, Mendenhall, Miriam C., Missionaries of the Society of Friends, Wyandotte, Okla. Mills, Edw. Laird, Superintendent of Frontier Work, Board of Home Missions and Church Extensoin, Methodist Episcopal Church, ; 3 City Hall Avenue, San Francisco, Cal. Moffett, Thos. C., Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Newton, Elsie E. (Mrs.), Y. W. C. A., 600 Lexington Avenue, New York Overman, N. E., Reformed Church of America, Apache Indians, Mescalero, New Mexico. Overman, N. E. (Mrs.), Mescalero, N. M. Pearson, Wm. L., 1720 University Avenue, Wichita, Kansas. Pearson, M. A., Superintendent Indian Work, Presbytery of Muskogee Presbyterian Church, Westville, Okla. Petzoldt, W. A., Baptist Mission, Crow reservation, Lodge Grass, Mont. Pinkerton, W. B., American Missionary Association, Mission, S. Dakota. Platt, Ward (Mrs.), Trustee W. H. M. S. Methodist Episcopal Church, East Aurora, New York. Pollard, J. Hybert, Director Federation Protestant Activities, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas. Reed, M. Emeline, Mission of Reformed Church, Winnebago, Nebraska. Reed, J. L., Reformed Church in America, Colony, Okla. Riggs, F. B., Principal Santee Normal Training School, American Mis- sionary Association, Santee, Nebraska. Riggs, F. B. (Mrs.), Santee Normal Training School, Santee, Nebraska. Roe, Walter C. (Mrs.), Reformed Church, Colony, Okla. Roundy, Rodney W., Associate Secretary American Missionary Association; Chairman Joint Committee on Indian Work of the Home Missions Council, 156 Fifth Avenue, New York. Schlapbach, J. H., Missionary to Ponca Indians, Whiteagle, Okla. Schlapbach, J. H. (Mrs.), Whiteagle, Okla. Shaw, Ina, District Secretary Womans American Baptist Home Mis- sion Society, Topeka, Kansas. Shay, Orlando, Superintendent Choctaw-Chickasaw District, M. E. Church, Checotah, Okla. Sniffen, M. K„ Secretary Indian Rights Association, 995 Drexel Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Sprague, Elizabeth, Fairmount College, Wichita, Kansas. Stanley, Edmund, 1813 University Avenue, Wichita, Kansas. Taylor, Alva W., Rural Secretary, Disciples of Christ Church, Columbia, Mo. Thayer, Lee I., American Baptist Home Mission Society, Keams Canon, Ariz, Torrence, Mary W., Treasurer Woman’s Board of Home Missions, Presbyterian Church, U. S. A., 156 Fifth Ave., New York. Treat, Harry H., American Baptist Home Mission Society, Anadarko, Okla. Vennick, G. A., American Missionary Association, Crow Agency, Mont. Walkingstick, Ralph E., State Indian Y. M. C. A., Okmulgee, Okla. Warner, Florence H., General Secretary Y. W. C. A., Wichita, Kansas. Watermulder, G., Watermulder, G. (Mrs.), Winnebago, Nebraska. Weeks, B. D., President Bacone College, Muskogee, Okla. Weimer, M., Weimer, M. (Mrs.), Douglas, Kansas. Wells Clayton B., Minister Fairmount Congregational Church, teacher in American Indian Institute, " Wichita, Kansas. White, Frank Newhall, American Missionary Association, 19 La Salle Street, Chicago, 111. Wilson, Nathan, Chairman Nebraska Y. M. C. A. Indian Committee, Swedish Lutheran, Stromsburg, Nebraska. White, V. M. (Miss), Vice-President Womans Board of Home Missions, Presby- terian Church, 146 Central Park West, New York. Wistar, Edw. M., Associated Executive Committee, Society of Friends, Provident Building, Philadelphia, Pa. Wooten, Chas. L., Missionary to Kickapoo Indians, Society of Friends, McLoud, Okla.