s, and to this end
the booths on the west side of the hall were occupied by the old Indians
working at their crude, primitive trades, and those of the east side by
the new Indians (pupils of the various Indian schools) pursuing the
up-to-date methods taught them by the white man.
The exhibits were as follows: On the west side, beginning at the south
end of the building, Chilocco School exhibit, showing work in
agriculture and stock husbandry, methods of instruction and results;
Pueblo, San Juan, N. Mex., expert potters and weavers with needle loom,
primitive millers, and bakers of wafer bread; Pomo, California, makers
of fine baskets, mats, stone tools, and musical instruments; Pima,
Arizona, makers of coiled baskets and pottery; Maricopa, Arizona, makers
of fancy pottery and basket workers; Navaho, Arizona, famous blanket
weavers, workers in silver, shell, and turquois; Sioux, South Dakota,
decorative artists with porcupine quills, beads of buckskin,
manufacturers of bows and arrows, and the calinite pipes, axes, and
hammers; Apache, Arizona, expert weavers of blankets and makers of
pottery; Apache, New Mexico, makers of coiled basketry of a peculiar
type; Navaho, Sante Fe, N. Mex., Indian School, modern blanket weavers;
Navaho, reservation, N. Mex., workers in silver, shell, and turquois;
Pueblo, New Mexico, makers of pottery, blanket weavers and silversmiths.
On the east side, beginning at the south end of the building; Chilocco
class in domestic science, model dining room, furnishings made by the
pupils of the Chilocco School, Chilocco, Okla. This class gave daily
demonstrations in cooking and serving food, Miss Peters in charge.
Laundry class from the Chilocco School, under the charge of Miss Peters.
Class in printing the Indian School Journal, printed daily by a class of
students from the Chilocco School, E.K. Miller in charge. Painting,
blacksmithing, and wheelwrighting classes from Haskell Institute,
Lawrence, Kans., K.C. Kaufman in charge. Manual training, Haskell
Institute, C.F. Fitzgerald in charge. Domestic art class, students from
Haskell Institute, Miss Taylor in charge. Harness-making class from
Genoa, Nebr., School, J. McCallum in charge.
The halls were decorated with the work of the Indian pupils in
penmanship, literary composition, arithmetic, sewing, lace work, bead
work, and basketry. Every school in the service was represented in this
display, except Carlisle, Phoenix, and Riverside. The exhib
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