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The Phoenix Indian School, or Phoenix Indian High School in its later years, was a Bureau of Indian Affairs-operated school in Encanto Village, in the heart of Phoenix, Arizona. It served lower grades also from 1891 to 1935, and then served as a high school thereafter. It opened in 1891 and closed in 1990 on the orders of the federal government.
Fort Totten Indian Industrial School, Fort Totten, North Dakota. Boarding and Indian Industrial School in 1891–1935. Became a Community and Day School from 1940 to 1959. Now a Historic Site run by the State Historic Society of North Dakota. Genoa Indian Industrial School, Genoa, Nebraska; Goodland Academy & Indian Orphanage, Hugo, Oklahoma [4]
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.
Aug. 23—On July 17, the U.S. Department of the Interior released the second volume of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Investigative Report, a 105-page document that adds to the ...
By 1890, outing programs had started at Haskell Institute (Haskell Indian Nations University) in Kansas, Perris School (Sherman Indian High School) in California, Carson School (Stewart Indian School) in Nevada, and Fiske Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. [3] In 1893, Phoenix Indian School in Phoenix, Arizona, began its outing program. It ...
Phoenix Indian School opens. Largest flood in valley history occurs. [14] Telephones come to Phoenix. [10] A territorial convention is held in Phoenix. The idea of becoming a state is discussed, but is voted down. [10] 1892 The Phoenix Sewer and Drainage Department is created. [14] The Phoenix Indian School holds its first classes. [10] 1893
At age 14, she met Ross Shaw at the Phoenix Indian School, whom she later married. In 1916, they were separated when Ross went to fight in World War I. [2] In 1920, Moore became the first woman to graduate from the Phoenix Indian School. [2] She married Ross Shaw, and they moved into his parents' home for a month, in accordance with Pima ...
It is served by the Central at Indian School station on the METRO Light Rail system. The Phoenix Indian School buildings that are on the National Register of Historic Places and are being restored and renovated. Alumni of the school want to use several buildings as museum for documenting the school's history, and for a Native American cultural ...