Subject Files, 1907–1920

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Subject Files, 1907–1920

1907-1920

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/16440189

This series contains primarily correspondence relating to the administration of the Moqui Agency, the Moqui Boarding School in Keams Canyon, Arizona and several day schools: Chimopovy Day School, Polacca Day School, Oraibi Day School and Second Mesa Day School at Toreva, Arizona. Subjects include law and order; Indian employment and education; the procurement of supplies; the status of financial accounts; Indian adoptions; land and agriculture; and coal mining on the reservation. Also included is correspondence about employee appointments, leave and travel. Of particular interest are records relating to the work of the Special Allotting Agent, including concerns over encroachment by Navajo Indians; and the families who split from Oraibi and formed the villages of Hotevilla and Bacavi. Also of interest are records relating to the education of Hopi children. Correspondence between the superintendents and the teachers at the day schools describe conditions in the schools; the family and history of individual students; difficulties in recruiting students for the day schools and non-reservation boarding schools; and politics in the villages. Included is correspondence between the superintendent and officials at the Sherman Institute, Phoenix Indian School, Chilocco Indian School, Santa Fe Indian School and the Pima and Mohave Indian Schools. These records relate to individual students, their progress in the boarding school system, and their family conditions on the reservation.

2 linear feet, 8 linear inches

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National Archives at Riverside

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668315

National Archives at Riverside

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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 ...

Santa Fe Indian School

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Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)

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The Sherman Institute was established in 1900, as a successor to the Perris Indian School (Perris, Calif.), after the water supply to the previous school was deemed insufficient. By 1901 a site in the city of Riverside was selected, at the corner of Magnolia Avenue and Jackson Street. On July 19, 1901, the cornerstone was laid for the new school building of Sherman Institute, and the school officially opened on September 9, 1902. The Perris Indian School remained in operation until December 1904...