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This list is far from complete as recent reports show more than 408 American Indian Boarding Schools in the United States. Additionally, according to the Inaugural Department of the Interior Indian Boarding School report released on May 12, 2022. There were 408 schools in 37 states, and 53 unmarked/marked burial sites in the U.S.
Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.
Carl Albert State College, Poteau (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution) Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribal College, Weatherford (defunct) College of the Muscogee Nation, Okmulgee; Comanche Nation College, Lawton (defunct) Connors State College, Warner (Native American-Serving Nontribal Institution)
Jones Academy - Boarding school for grades 1-6, dormitory only for grades 7-12; Oklahoma School for the Blind; Oklahoma School for the Deaf ; Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics [3] (Oklahoma City) Riverside Indian School; Sequoyah High School (near Tahlequah)
The 31 tribal colleges of 1994 are represented as a system by the single membership of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). The AIHEC has its headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia for the benefits of ready access to the federal government in Washington, D.C. None of its member schools are located in Virginia.
The U.S. Department of the Interior recently released the second volume of its boarding school initiative report, which documents the history of 417 federal Indian boarding schools and over 1000 ...
The Menominee Indian boarding school, also known as Saint Joseph's Indian Industrial school, was an American Indian boarding school built on the Menominee Indian reservation in Keshena, Wisconsin in 1883. It operated until 1952. In 1899 the school consisted of 170 students and 5 staff. [1]
Crystal Boarding School is a K-6 boarding school in Crystal, New Mexico. [29] It opened in 1935 as part of an effort to replace off-reservation Indian boarding schools with on-reservation boarding schools, as a part of the New Deal project. [11] In 2014 about 30 students boarded but most did not.