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● The Tribal Nations impacted are listed as they appear in historical documents and may not reflect the names used by the Nations today.
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Mission of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart Indian Industrial School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1887–1896 (see notes)
Current Diocese: St. Cloud
Previous Diocese Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Northern Minnesota, 1887–1889
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, 1887–1896*
On a Reservation: No
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Ojibwe; Sioux
Notes: In December 1886, the Sisters of Mercy received a government contract to educate 12 children from the Sisseton and Rosebud Reservations in South Dakota. Later, children from the Turtle Mountain Reservation in North Dakota also attended the school. In 1896, the government canceled the school’s contract, forcing the school to close. The buildings were sold to the federal government who used the property for the Morris Indian School, which closed in 1909.
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