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St. Mary’s Industrial Boarding School
Details:
Dates of Operation: 1884–1907
Current Diocese: Fargo
Previous Dioceses Involved:
Vicariate Apostolic of Dakota, 1884–1889
Jamestown, 1889–1897
Religious Orders who worked at the Parish / School:
Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, 1884–1907*
On a Reservation: Turtle Mountain Reservation
On the Department of the Interior List: Yes
Tribal Nations Impacted (as listed in historical documents):
Turtle Mountain Ojibwe
Notes: Katharine Drexel (later Mother Katharine of the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament) contributed to the construction of the school building and supported the students from 1901 to 1907.
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