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The reservation is located on the east side of the Cascade Mountains in southern Washington state. The eastern portion of Mount Adams lies within this territory. According to the United States Census Bureau, the reservation covers 2,185.94 square miles (5,661.56 km²) and the population in 2000 was 31,799.
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition already had what was considered the most extensive list of boarding schools. The Minnesota-based group has spent years building its ...
The Yakama Nation Tribal School is a public tribal high school located in Yakima County, Washington, adjacent to Toppenish, [1] run by the Yakima Nation. It is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [2] It has a compact with the state of Washington and receives a grant from the BIE. [3]
Cantonment Indian Boarding School, Canton, Indian Territory, run by the General Conference Mennonites [16] from September, 1882 to 1 July 1927. [17] Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, [18] open 1879–1918. [19] Carter Seminary, Ardmore, Oklahoma, open 1917–2004, when the facility moved to Kingston, Oklahoma. It was renamed as ...
Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indigenous boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indigenous 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.
Yakama people today are enrolled in the federally recognized tribe, the Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation. Their Yakama Indian Reservation, along the Yakima River, covers an area of approximately 1.2 million acres (5,260 km 2). Today the nation is governed by the Yakama Tribal Council, which consists of representatives of 14 ...