Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Agreements, 1937–1945

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Rehabilitation Loan and Grant Agreements, 1937–1945

1937-1945

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This series is comprised of contract agreements for loans and grants to the Lower Sioux, New Upper Sioux, or Prairie Island Indian Communities of the Pipestone Indian School; and to individuals. The contracts were used to administer the monies used to maintain the reservations. The information on the contract includes the individual's name, date of contract, and the amount of loan or grant. Stated on the contract is the use or purpose of the grant, the majority of which were for the building of homes and farm buildings, or for repairs to existing structures. In addition, stipulations for the use of the monies are indicated on the contract. All parties, including a tribal officer, the individual receiving the loan or grant and the Superintendent of the Pipestone Indian School, signed the contracts.

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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...