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Chamberlain Indian School was opened in 1898, one of 25 off-reservation schools established by the federal government in the plains region. Its goal was to assimilate Native
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Because of the isolated location, the school was planned to encompass a farm, so that food and livestock could be raised there for school purposes. But the farmland associated with the school was poor and could not provide enough produce. In addition, students suffered from a high rate of
27:, located on the east bank of the Missouri River. It was among 25 off-reservation boarding schools opened by the federal government by 1898 in the plains region. It was administered by the
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languages or practice their religion. They were given
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until 1921. The college was moved to another facility at Sioux Falls, and this facility was closed again.
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communicable diseases. The annual report for 1908 listed 20 instructors for 185 pupils.
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Commissioner of Education [with Accompanying Papers]
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216:. Vol. 2. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1909. p. 925.
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255:. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1898–1904. pp. 4, 6, 7.
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In 1909 the school closed. Students who had come here from
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school but is now directly overseen by the State of Alaska
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958:Carlisle Indian Industrial School
359:Haskell Indian Nations University
178:Farrow, Mary (January 30, 2020).
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783:Te Tsu Geh (Tesuque) Oweenge Day
301:. University of Oklahoma Press.
1263:Defunct schools in South Dakota
694:Northern Cheyenne Tribal School
21:American Indian boarding school
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365:are BIE-operated universities.
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97:Priests of the Sacred Heart
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592:Meskwaki Settlement School
539:Sherman Indian High School
347:Bureau of Indian Education
101:St. Joseph's Indian School
47:St. Joseph's Indian School
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17:Chamberlain Indian School
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882:No longer BIE-affiliated
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560:Miccosukee Indian School
463:(former Chinle Boarding)
423:Dishchii'bikoh Community
75:Rapid City Indian School
73:were transferred to the
31:and operated until 1908
29:Bureau of Indian Affairs
914:Riverside Indian School
862:Standing Rock Community
165:Riney (1999), pp. 9-10.
608:Kickapoo Nation School
444:Hunters Point Boarding
185:The Catholic Telegraph
41:In 1927, the Catholic
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514:Phoenix Indian School
295:Riney, Scott (1999).
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90:Clerics of St. Viator
1106:Yakama Nation Tribal
1086:Chief Leschi Schools
978:Cheyenne-Eagle Butte
762:San Felipe Pueblo ES
710:Pyramid Lake Schools
478:Rough Rock Community
473:Rock Point Community
460:Many Farms Community
281:Riney (1999), p. 14.
772:Shiprock Associated
385:Wrangell Institute
226:Riney (1999), p. 24
1096:Muckleshoot Tribal
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1018:St. Francis Indian
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971:South Dakota
944:Pennsylvania
873:White Shield
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664:Mississippi
488:Shonto Prep
1237:Categories
1013:Pine Ridge
889:Eight Mile
793:Wingate HS
719:New Mexico
532:California
439:Hopi J/SHS
191:January 5,
148:References
120:Enrollment
1163:See also
1115:Wisconsin
756:Pine Hill
736:Jemez Day
731:Isleta ES
638:Minnesota
425:(Cibecue)
131:1909: 190
128:1908: 185
125:1905: 173
902:Oklahoma
857:Mandaree
778:Taos Day
617:Michigan
1131:Wyoming
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687:Montana
548:Florida
416:Arizona
53:History
19:was an
1059:Closed
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928:Oregon
802:Closed
703:Nevada
601:Kansas
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378:Closed
371:Alaska
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569:Idaho
153:Notes
1052:Utah
585:Iowa
361:and
303:ISBN
193:2021
69:and
394:Now
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