Records Relating to Schools, 1879–1949

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Records Relating to Schools, 1879–1949

1879-1949

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This series consists of records relating to schools. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent, and telegrams. The correspondents include the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, vendors, and other individuals having business with the agency. Subjects covered in the correspondence include the administration and management of the Cheyenne River Agency day schools and boarding schools; finance; purchasing; school censuses; teacher training; and Indian students attending mission schools, public schools and other Bureau of Indian Affairs schools. The records also include reports related to school operations and inspections; applications for enrollment at off-reservation boarding schools; and lists of Cheyenne River Agency students attending Haskell Institute, Flandreau School, Pierre Indian School, Rapid City Indian School, Chilocco Indian School, and Standing Rock Agency schools.

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National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11667487

National Archives at Kansas City

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Rapid City Indian School

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Rapid City Indian School was a nonreservation boarding school and opened at Rapid City, South Dakota, in 1898. For the school year 1929-30 it was converted to a sanatorium school for children with tuberculosis. It was reconverted to a regular boarding school in 1930 but closed in 1934. ...

Chilocco Indian Agricultural School

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The Chilocco Indian School was a non-reservation boarding school established by the Office of Indian Affairs for the vocational education of Indian children. In operation for nearly a century (1884-1980), the school drew students from over 40 tribes. Enrollment ranged from slightly over 100 during the first year to well over 1,000 in 1931. It was closed in June 1980 by congressional mandate. Land for use of the school was set aside by President James A. Garfield in an Executive Order of July ...

Flandreau Indian Vocational High School (Flandreau, S.D.).

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Pierre Indian School

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Pierre Indian School opened in 1891 and continues to operate as the Pierre Indian Learning Center, making it one of the few off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the United States today....

Haskell Indian Industrial Training School

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Haskell Indian Industrial Training School is a public tribal land-grant university in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Founded in 1884 as a residential boarding school for Indigenous American children, the school has developed into a university operated by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs that offers both associate and baccalaureate degrees. The college was founded to serve members of federally recognized Indigenous American tribes in the United States. It is the oldest continually operating fe...