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In 1887, a federal boarding school was established at Keams Canyon for Hopi children. [18] The Oraibi people did not support the school and refused to send their children 35 miles (56 km) from their villages. The Keams Canyon School was organized to teach the Hopi youth the ways of European-American civilization.
The school's 1987 opening gave the Hopi community its first reservation high school and allowed for the closure of the Phoenix Indian School. For most of its history, it has been the only high school in Keams Canyon. [note 1] For a time in the late 1990s and 2000s, the school was a public charter, though it changed back to a BIE school in 2005.
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.
Hopi also occupy the Second Mesa and Third Mesa. [9] The community of Winslow West is off-reservation trust land of the Hopi tribe. [citation needed] The Hopi Tribal Council is the local governing body consisting of elected officials from the various reservation villages. Its powers were given to it under the Hopi Tribal Constitution. [10]
Dishchii'bikoh Community School [11] First Mesa Elementary School [12] Greasewood Springs Community School [13] Hopi Day School [14] Hotevilla Bacavi Community School [15] Jeehdeez'a Elementary School; John F. Kennedy Day School; Keams Canyon Elementary School [16] Leupp Schools, Inc. (Birdsprings) Little Singer Community School [17] Pinon ...
Eufaula Indian High School, Eufaula, Creek Nation, Indian Territory [4] replaced the burned Asbury Manual Labor School. [11] Open in 1892 [40] –1952, when the name changed to Eufaula Dormitory [39] Flandreau Indian School, South Dakota [18] Folsom Training School, near Smithville, Oklahoma open 1921 [41] –32, when it became an all-white ...
The Hopi say that during a great drought, they heard singing and dancing coming from the San Francisco Peaks. Upon investigation, they met the Kachinas who returned with the Hopi to their villages and taught them various forms of agriculture. The Hopi believe that for six months of the year, Kachina spirits live in the Hopi villages.
Native American outing programs were associated with American Indian boarding schools in the United States. These were operated both on and off reservations, primarily from the late 19th century to World War II. [ 1 ]