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Some 77 were boarding schools. A total of 34,605 children were enrolled in the boarding schools; 15,450 in BIA day schools; and 3,854 were housed in dormitories "while attending public schools with BIA financial support. In addition, 62,676 Indian youngsters attend public schools supported by the Johnson-O'Malley Act, which is administered by BIA."
It was created in or after 1932, with the building completed in 1935. Circa 1950 it gained boarding facilities and was known as Red Rock Boarding School, but it later reverted into being a day school. [40] In 1974 its enrollment was 83. At the time it was the only BIA school in which all of its employees were Navajo people.
St. Mary's Boarding School, Quapaw Agency Indian Territory/Oklahoma open 1893–1927 [73] St. Patrick's Mission and Boarding School, Anadarko, Indian Territory open 1892 [74] –1909 by the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions. It was rebuilt and called the Anadarko Boarding School. [5] San Juan Boarding School, New Mexico [18]
Albuquerque Indian School (AIS) was a Native American boarding school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which operated from 1881 to 1981. It was one of the oldest and largest off-reservation boarding schools in the United States. [2] For most of its history it was run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
There were four Indian boarding schools established in North Carolina, two of which were in Western North Carolina — the Cherokee Boarding School in Cherokee and Judson College in Henderson ...
This school is a successor to the Chinle Boarding School, established in 1910 in Chinle by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) under authorizing legislation by Congress. . With construction of the BIA school in Chinle, the federal government "established a permanent presence in [Chinle]" and the agency "effectively governed the town thereaf
These were operated by both Protestant and Catholic organizations. In 1891 through the early 20th century, the government used the Civilization Fund Act as authority to establish numerous Native American boarding schools. The Civilization Fund Act eventually led to the creation of the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) in 1824.
Wrangell Institute was an American Indian boarding school in Wrangell, Alaska, United States, operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs for natives of Alaska. It operated from 1932 until 1975. It operated from 1932 until 1975.