Correspondence Related to the Pipestone Indian School, April 4, 1934–October 15, 1951

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Correspondence Related to the Pipestone Indian School, April 4, 1934–October 15, 1951

1934-1951

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5898476

This series consists of correspondence related to the Pipestone Indian School. The records include letters, memorandums, reports, instructions, and purchase orders. The correspondents include the Superintendent of the Flandreau School and subordinates. Subjects include equipment and supplies for running the school; general maintenance and public utilities; the donation of food and other commodities; the use of farm land; information related to employment; and information related to student requests. Pipestone Indian School was under the jurisdiction of Flandreau Indian School from 1948-1949.

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National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668611

National Archives at Kansas City

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Flandreau Indian Vocational High School (Flandreau, S.D.).

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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...