Chamberlain Indian School
Chamberlain Indian School was an American Indian boarding school in Chamberlain, South Dakota.
History
Chamberlain Indian School was opened in 1898,[1] with the aim of assimilating Native American children into mainstream white American culture. However, the farmland associated with the school was poor and could not provide enough, and the students suffered from communicable diseases.[2] The annual report for 1908 listed 20 instructors for 185 pupils.[3] In 1909 the school closed, and the school "granted" to the Catholic Church for "college purposes";[4] students who had come from Crow Creek Indian Reservation and Lower Brule Indian Reservation were transferred to Rapid City Indian School.[5] In 1927, the land was sold to the Priests of the Sacred Heart, who established St. Joseph's Indian School there.[2]
Superintendents/directors
Enrollment
Notable students
References
Notes
- ^ Riney 10.
- ^ a b Farrow, Mary (January 30, 2020). "This unique Catholic school has served Native American students since 1927". The Catholic Telegraph. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ a b c Report of the Commissioner of Education [with Accompanying Papers]. Vol. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1909. p. 925.
- ^ South Dakota Historical Collections. Vol. 5. State Publishing Company. 1910. p. 59.
- ^ Riney 24.
- ^ Report of the Superintendent of Indian Schools (1901). U.S. Government Printing Office. 1898–1904. pp. 4, 6, 7.
- ^ Annual Report. Vol. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1907. p. 1192.
- ^ Riney 14.
Bibliography
- Riney, Scott (1999). The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933. University of Oklahoma Press. ISBN 9780806131627.