State Home and Training School
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| Opened in 1893, by the U.S. government as an Indian boarding school. It offered a nine-year program, beginning with kindergarten. By 1911, the school had eleven buildings, and grew from an original enrollment of 59 students to more than 300 a year. The school created tension among the Indian Community, some of whom opposed sending their children away to "learn the white man's ways". However, the poverty of living on reservations led other parents to hope these schools promised their children a better life. |
