Subject Correspondence, September 30, 1907–June 10, 1919

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Subject Correspondence, September 30, 1907–June 10, 1919

1907-1919

This series consists of subject correspondence. The records include letters received and copies of letters sent by the Superintendent; forms; building plans; U.S. Fuel Administration publications; invoices and receipts; quarterly and monthly reports from Nett Lake Day School and Vermilion Lake boarding school; and vouchers. The correspondents include agency employees; the Superintendent at Pipestone Indian School; the Superintendent at Red Lake Agency; commercial suppliers and vendors; and private individuals. The records provide information on the administration of Vermilion Lake Indian School. Subjects include agency employees; teachers and students; the transportation of school children to and from the school; school buildings; the procurement of coal, oats, and other equipment and supplies; Indian exhibitions at the Minnesota State Fair; and welfare assistance for Indians living near the school.

2 linear inches

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668509

National Archives at Kansas City

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Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School

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Established in 1893, the Pipestone Indian School was built on land taken from the Yankton reservation at the Pipestone Quarry. The Yankton people long contested that loss and won before the Supreme Court in 1926. In 1894 the formation of the Pipestone Indian Training School was authorized on the uninhabited Yankton Pipestone reservation. At that time the majority of Native Americans in Minnesota were Ojibwa and they dominated the school's enrollment throughout its history. The school had grad...

Vermillion Lake Indian Boarding School (Minn.).

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