Commissioner's Office Letters, 1914–1917

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Commissioner's Office Letters, 1914–1917

1914-1917

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2165731

This series contains official correspondence which was not placed in either the series "Correspondence Received from the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1913-1926" (National Archives Identifier 2163545 ) or "Copies of Letters Sent to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 4/15/1895 - 12/6/1926" (National Archives Identifier 2163547). The correspondence contains letters, circulars, and memoranda received; copies of letters sent; vouchers, receipts, invoices, contracts and abstract of proposals; and other records relating to education, administration, and supply and procurement. The correspondence chiefly consists of letters exchanged by the Superintendent of the Pipestone Indian School with the Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs, superintendents and agents of field installations, and commercial and business firms relating primarily to administrative or "office" activities of the school. The letters generally issue instructions or request information, request or authorize purchase or procurement of supplies and services, require or submit proposals for contract purchases and construction; arrange for the transfer of students, report on personnel activities, student affairs, and so forth. The majority of the letters relate to activities of the Pipestone Indian School although some cover the Birch Cooley Day School and Pipestone Reservation.

10 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at Kansas City

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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...