Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School

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Dates:
Active 1912
Active 1939

History notes:

Indian industrial training school opened by the U.S. government in 1893 in Pipestone, Minn., to assimilate Indian children into white society rhrough education and industrial training; school grew from a single building to 55 buildings, with a decline and final closure to to changes in Indian policy in the 1950s.

From the description of Records, 1912-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70948737

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Subjects:

  • Indians of North America
  • Indians of North America
  • Mdewakanton Indians
  • Trade schools
  • Indians of North America

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Places:

  • Minnesota--Pipestone (as recorded)
  • Pipestone Indian Reservation (Minn.) (as recorded)

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