Dates of Operation: 1885–1935
Current Diocese: Santa Fe
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of Loretto, 1885–1935*
On a Reservation: Tamaya Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Genízaro; Mestizos; Tiwa

Notes: In 1875, the Sisters of Loretto opened a day school for local girls. In December 1886, the school received a federal contract to teach Native American girls, and the name was changed to the Bernalillo Boarding School for Indian Girls. Government funding ended about 1901, but the school continued to operate as a Native American boarding school using money received from Mother Katharine Drexel of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament and the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions.