1915- Report on Day School at Indian Cove

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Title: 1915- Report on Day School at Indian Cove
Subject: Education
School
Description: Excerpt from annual inspection report of Indian Schools in Nova Scotia.
Date: 1915-00-00
1915-00-00
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Type: Report
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Transcription: PICTOU COUNTY. Rev. J.D. McLeod, the Indian agent, reports on the educational work in this agency as follows: - Indian Cove Day School. This school is on the Fisher's Grant reserve. The teacher, Miss G. McGirr, has had considerable experience in teaching Indians. The school is very comfortable and is neatly kept. The chief difficulty in teaching the children here is that they are ignorant of the English language owing to the fact that Mic-mac is spoken exclusively in their homes. In these circumstances the children make reasonable progress. They are docile and well-behaved. NUMBER OF CHILDREN OF SCHOOL AGE: 45; NUMBER OF PUPILS ENROLLED: 32; AVERAGE ATTENDANCE: 19.
Language: eng
Citation: Annual Report of the Department of Indian Affairs for the Year Ended March 31 1915 (Ottawa: J. De L. Tache, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1915), 130.

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