Correspondence with Agencies and Schools, 1909–1947

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Correspondence with Agencies and Schools, 1909–1947

1909-1947

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This series consists of correspondence with other Indian agencies and schools. A wide variety of topics are addressed. For the most part the correspondence with the schools concerns students from the Standing Rock Agency and their attendance or possible attendance at a particular school; enrollment status of students; and issues concerning transportation of students to and from the agency to the school. Occasionally there are individual applications for enrollment in a particular school attached to the correspondence. The correspondence with the various agencies relates mostly to financial matters. There is correspondence with the following schools: Albuquerque Indian School, Carlisle Indian School, Chamberlain Indian School, Chilocco Indian School, Flandreau Indian School, Haskell Institute, Pipestone Indian School, and the Rapid City Indian School. There is correspondence with the following agencies: Blackfeet Agency, Cheyenne River Agency, Consolidated Chippewa Agency, Crow Agency, Crow Creek Agency, Fort Berthold Agency, Fort Peck Agency, Fort Totten Agency, Pine Ridge Agency, Rosebud Agency, Shoshone Agency, Sisseton Agency, Turtle Mountain Agency, Umatilla Agency, Uintah and Ouray Agency, White Earth Agency, Winnebago Agency, and Yankton Agency.

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