Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Report on the Work of the Bureau of Education for the Natives of Alaska, 1914-15
The reports from the reindeer stations for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1915, show a total of reindeer, distributed among 76 herds. Of the reindeer, or 66 per cent, were owned by natives; or 5 per cent, were owned by the United States; or 10 per cent, were owned by missions; and or 19 per cent, were owned by Lapps and others. The total income of the natives from the reindeer industry during the fiscal year, exclusive of the meat and hides used by the natives themselves, was The total, is a net increase of 21 per cent during the fiscal year, notwithstanding the fact that nearly reindeer were killed for meat and skins during the year.
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