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Tucson Indian School
The Tohono O’odham children were required to attend Indian boarding schools, designed to teach them the English language and assimilate them to the mainstream European-American ways. According to historian David Leighton, of the Arizona Daily Star newspaper, the boarding school the Tohono O’odham attended was the Tucson Indian School.
Michigan Native American Boarding Schools
Last Updated: 9 years Mount Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School, Mount Pleasant, Michigan, 1893–1934.
Pipestone Indian Boarding School
Last Updated: 7 years The Pipestone Indian Boarding School opened in 1893 as a sister school to Flandreau, fifteen miles to the east of Flandreau, but located within Minnesota.
Minnesota Indian Boarding Schools
Last Updated: 7 years American Indian boarding schools, which operated in Minnesota and across the United States beginning in the late nineteenth century, represent a dark chapter in U.S. history. Also called industrial schools, these institutions prepared boys for manual labor and farming, and girls for domestic work.
Iowa Indian Boarding Schools
Last Updated: 9 years White’s Manual Labor Institute, West Branch, Iowa, open 1881–87.
New Mexico American Indian Boarding Schools
There were five American Indian boarding schools in the state of New Mexico.