Decimal Correspondence Files, 1949–1971

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Decimal Correspondence Files, 1949–1971

1949-1971

This series consists of decimal correspondence files. The files contain correspondence, reports, memoranda, instructions, orders, circulars, endorsements, delegations, telegrams, contracts, and other documents directly related to administration of Bureau of Indian Affairs programs and supervision of agencies, schools, and other field activities under the jurisdiction of the Aberdeen Area Office. Documents within this series cover a wide range of subject areas including Indian education, tribal resource development, Indian services, and trust responsibilities. The following agencies are referenced within this series: Cheyenne River, Crow Creek, Flandreau, Fort Berthold, Great Lakes, Minneapolis Area Office, Menominee, Pierre, Pine Ridge, Pipestone Indian School, Red Lake, Rosebud, Sioux Sanitorium, Sisseton, Standing Rock, Turtle Mountain, Wahpeton Indian School, and Winnebago

26 linear feet, 2 linear inches

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668615

National Archives at Kansas City

Related Entities

There are 4 Entities related to this resource.

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

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Pierre Indian School

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Pierre Indian School opened in 1891 and continues to operate as the Pierre Indian Learning Center, making it one of the few off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the United States today....

Wahpeton Indian School (N.D.)

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Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School

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Indian industrial training school opened by the U.S. government in 1893 in Pipestone, Minn., to assimilate Indian children into white society rhrough education and industrial training; school grew from a single building to 55 buildings, with a decline and final closure to to changes in Indian policy in the 1950s. From the description of Records, 1912-1939. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70948737 ...