Applications for Enrollment in Non-reservation Schools, July 23, 1916–June 23, 1939

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Applications for Enrollment in Non-reservation Schools, July 23, 1916–June 23, 1939

1916-1939

https://catalog.archives.gov/id/5898828

This series consists of applications for enrollment in non-reservation schools. The applications were submitted on Standard Form 5-192a for admission to Flandreau School and Carlisle Indian School. Information in the applications includes the student's birth date; sex; degree of Indian blood; the results of a physical examination; the names of parents or guardians; and, in some cases, the previous academic record. The applications also include a statement of consent for enrollment of the child, signed by the parent or guardian. The file also contains case records, physical examination and health records, and certificates of promotion submitted on standard forms; and correspondence related to enrollment.

1 linear foot, 3 linear inches

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National Archives at Kansas City

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SNAC Resource ID: 11668994

National Archives at Kansas City

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

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)

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The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the brainchild of a young lieutenant of the 10th United States (U.S.) Cavalry, Richard Henry Pratt. Lieutenant Pratt had great sympathy for the misery of the Indian, even while he was engaged in subduing the hostile tribes of the West. He became convinced that the solution to the Indian uprisings lay in the education of the Indian rather than in further bloodshed. No public schools allowed Indian students, but Pratt, with the help of influential sympathi...