Permanent School Census Cards, 1942–1952

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Permanent School Census Cards, 1942–1952

1942-1952

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2165782

These census cards were used as a record of school attendance and vital statistics for pupils attending the Pipestone Indian School. Each card lists the name, degree of blood, sex, county of residence, parents or guardian (name, tribe, address), "lives with" (parent, guardian), date of birth and authority, and if ineligible or employed. The school information is as follows: year attended, school attended, date of entrance, reason for late entrance (if entered late), grade, miles to public school, and record of attendance (monthly and total). Included is a list of codes for: authority for date of birth, reasons for late entrance, nature of defect, and "if employed, state how."

2 linear inches

eng, Latn

National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668629

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...