<sc>The Problem of Indian Administration</sc>

The Conditions Among the Indians. An overwhelming majority of the Indians are poor, even extremely poor, and they are not adjusted to the economic and social system of the dominant white civilization. The poverty of the Indians and their lack of adjustment to the dominant economic and social systems produce the vicious circle orc1inarily found among any people under such circumstances. Beof interrelationships, causes cannot be differentiated from The only course is to state briefly the conditions found that part of this vicious circle of poverty and maladjustment. Health. The health of the Indians as compared with that of the h",neral population is bad. Although accurate mortality and morstatistics are commonly lacking, the existing evidence warthe statement that both the general death rate and the infant mort:llity rate are high. Tuberculosis is extremely prevalent. Traa communicable disease which produces blindness, is a problem because of its great prevalence and the danger of spreading among both the Indians and the whites. Condi,tions. The prevailing living conditions among the majority of the Indians are conducive to the development and of disease. With comparatively few exceptions the diet of Indians is bad. It is generally insufficient in quantity, lacking and poorly prepared. The two great preventive elements milk, and fruits and green vegetables, are notably absent. tribes use fruits and vegetables in season, but even then the ordinarily insufficient. The use of milk is rare, and it is generally not available even for infants. Babies, when weaned, are