Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1919 — “First Families" Win. [ARTICLE]

“First Families" Win.

Seven out of ten first prizes in the bird puzzle contest, conducted last spring by the Albuquerque Game Protective association, were carried away _by Pueblo and Navajo Indian children. The contest was open to all schoolchildren in New Mexico, of which the native Indians form but a small fraction, but the superior first-hand knowledge of -the- young redmen made them*easy winners over all other contestants. The contest consisted of 20 questions on native New Mexico birds, arranged to bring out knowledge of their habits and an understanding of their value to agriculture. ,