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● The Tribal Nations impacted are listed as they appear in historical documents and may not reflect the names used by the Nations today.
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Indian Girls’ Industrial School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1886–1934
Current Diocese: Ogdensburg
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, 1886–1934*
On a Reservation: No
On the Department of the Interior List: No
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Mohawk
Notes: In 1880, the Sisters of Mercy established a motherhouse and a boarding school in Hogansburg. The school was intended to be a parochial boarding school for white children with a few students from the nearby St. Regis Mohawk Reservation. In 1905, Katharine Drexel visited the school and suggested it be converted to an Indian Boarding School. From 1905 until the school closed in 1934, Drexel donated $5,000 each year to support the 50 Native American girls who attended the school. The school was located on property adjacent to the St. Regis Mohawk Reservation.