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Dakota Indian Industrial School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1884–1887
Current Diocese: Sioux Falls
Previous Diocese Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota, 1884–1887
On a Reservation: Yankton Agency
On the Department of the Interior List: No
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Yankton Dakota
Notes: The bishop of the Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota opened the school with a federal contract to educate 50 Native American boys. The school was operated by diocesan priests and staffed with lay teachers. It closed in 1887.
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