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● The Tribal Nations impacted are listed as they appear in historical documents and may not reflect the names used by the Nations today.
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● This list was last updated on May 5, 2023
St. Andrew’s School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1890–1971
Current Diocese: Baker
Previous Diocese Involved:
Oregon City, 1890–1903
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia, 1890–1971*
Jesuits (West Province), 1890–1961*
On a Reservation: Umatilla Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Possibly (see notes)
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Cayuse; Umatilla; Walla Walla
Notes: The boarding school section closed in 1937. The Department of the Interior list includes “Kate Drexel Industrial Boarding School,” in Pendleton, Oregon. It is possible they are referring to St. Andrew’s, which may have received funding from Mother Katharine Drexel.
Pendleton Oregon
St. Anne’s School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1883-1886
Current Diocese: Baker
Previous Diocese Involved:
Oregon City, 1883-1886
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of Mercy, 1883-1886*
On a Reservation: Umatilla Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: No
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Cayuse; Umatilla; Walla Walla
Notes: At the urging of Father Louis Conrady, the Umatilla agency established a boarding school near St. Anne’s chapel and contracted with the Sisters of Mercy to staff it. It opened on January 1, 1883, near Pendleton. The school could not be sustained after grievances with the local agent, and the sisters moved off the reservation to St. Joseph’s Academy, east of Pendleton, though it is not known whether this school included Native children or whether it was also a boarding school. It also fell on hard times, and Archbishop William Gross invited the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia to assume charge of it beginning in 1888. See the entry for Pendleton, St. Andrew’s School for more information.
Pendleton Oregon
St. Mary’s Indian Industrial School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1874–1900
Current Diocese: Portland in Oregon
Previous Diocese Involved:
Oregon City, 1874–1900
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary (U.S.-Ontario Province), 1874–1880*
Sisters of the Order of Saint Benedict, St. Joseph, MN, 1881–1882*
Benedictine Sisters in Mt. Angel, 1882–1900
On a Reservation: Grand Ronde Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: No
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Grand Ronde
Notes: The school had several names during its existence, including St. Mary Academy, Grand Ronde Institute, and St. Mary’s Indian Industrial School.
Grand Ronde Oregon