Case Files of Students Attending Off-Reservation Schools and Colleges, ca. 1913–1959

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Case Files of Students Attending Off-Reservation Schools and Colleges, ca. 1913–1959

ca. 1913-1959

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5725762

This series consists of case files of students attending off-reservation schools and colleges. The records provide information on students' enrollment and progress at Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools (e.g., Haskell, Flandreau, Wahpeton, Pipestone), Minnesota public schools, Bemidji State College, and the University of Minnesota-Duluth. The records also provide information on fifteen Indian children who attended the Genoa Indian Industrial School between 1913 and 1933. The case files include applications for admission; registration cards; daily schedules; grade and attendance records; results of aptitude tests; and correspondence. The correspondents include the Superintendent; officials of off-reservation BIA schools; state education authorities; students; and parents, guardians, and other legal representatives of the students.

3 linear feet, 4 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668613

National Archives at Kansas City

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

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Wahpeton Indian School (N.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...