Quechan Indian photograph collection, ca. 1900-1930.

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Quechan Indian photograph collection, ca. 1900-1930.

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Photographs, mostly studio portraits, of Quechan Indians including men, women, and children, and Fort Yuma Indian School students, and the Yuma Indian Mission of the Methodist Episcopal Church, taken between 1900 and 1930.

.25 linear ft. (1 box)

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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SNAC Resource ID: 7551632

Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division

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Fort Yuma Indian School

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The Fort Yuma Indian School was located on the site of a former Civil War fort, which was tranferred to the Quechan Indian Tribe and the Department of the Interior in 1884. It was operated by the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet on behalf of the United States government from 1886 to 1900. Control of the school was officially tranferred from the Department of the Interior to the Sisters of St. Joseph on April 5, 1886, and the sisters began holding classes in the fall of 1886. The first superin...

Methodist Episcopal Church (Yuma, Ariz.)

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Quechan Tribal Museum.

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The Fort Yuma Reservation was created in 1884, including lands in Arizona and California, for the Quechan Tribe. From the description of Quechan Indian photograph collection, ca. 1900-1930. (Arizona Historical Society, Southern Arizona Division). WorldCat record id: 45242904 ...