Decimal Correspondence Files, 1925–1952

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Decimal Correspondence Files, 1925–1952

1925-1952

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This series contain decimal correspondence files. The files include documents relating to all aspects of administering the Pipestone School. Included is correspondence from the Office of Indian Affairs (Bureau of Indian Affairs from 1947) to business firms, agency employees, and private individuals. Additionally, the files contain letters, circulars, directives, memorandums, and telegrams received; copies of letters, reports, and telegrams sent; contracts; leases; abstracts; petitions; applications; certificates; licenses; permits; bonds; censuses; annuity rolls; enrollments; forms; maps; bills; receipts; and other records relating to the Pipestone Indian School and Indian communities under the jurisdiction of the Pipestone Superintendent.

13 linear feet, 1 linear inch

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National Archives at Kansas City

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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...