South Dakota Boarding Schools

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South Dakota Boarding Schools

• By Stacy Connor, Diana Heintz, Kristy Bridges,
  and Sandra Nyenhuis

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Quotes

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• Quote 5
• Quote 7
• Quote 8

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The South Dakota Schools

• Flandreau Indian Boarding School
• Red Cloud Indian School
• Crow Creek
• St Francis Indian School

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Flandreau Indian Boarding School

• The early years

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• Mission StatementFlandreau Indian School
  provides Native American students with the
  opportunity for a quality education.

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History

• Opened in 1871
• 1893 Known as Riggs Institute
• 92 students enrolled in 1893
• Method of Teaching

1941 Choir
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Present Day Flandreau Indian Boarding School
Gymnasium
School
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Present Day

• 60 tribes and over 30 states
• 99 of students come to the school from poverty
  and limited opportunity of life on a reservation.
• Member of a tribe or be ¼ Native American.
• It is the oldest Native American boarding school
  in operation within the United States.

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• Around 300 students
• Parents are the ones choosing to send their child
  to the boarding school.
• 99 of the students that come in as freshmen are
  below their academic grade level .
• Progress Monitoring Program
• Graduation Rate is up to 80
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Classes

• Native American Studies
• Success Academy

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Red Cloud Indian School
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• Mission Statement
• To provide a quality education from kindergarten
  through high school to the Native American
  children on the Pine Ridge Reservation. The
  educational process at Red Cloud Indian School
  attempts to give lakota students the skills they
  need to compete in the larger society while
  retaining the traditional values and culture of
  the Lakota heritage. Course work includes a basic
  educational curriculum (Math, Science, History,
  etc.) as well as courses in ethics, religion,
  Lakota culture, Lakota religion, and Lakota
  language.

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History

• 1888 Holy Rosary Mission was opened by the
  Jesuits.
• 100 students by the end of the first year.
• 1969 Name changed to Red Cloud Indian School

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Present Day

• Private School
• Funding
• PreK-12
• TeacherStudent Ratio 110

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Future Education

• 50,000 Grant in 2008
• 300,000 Grant in 2009

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Quotes

• Quote 11
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St. Francis Mission
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Quote

• Quote 13
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• Quote 15

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• Mission Statement
• The mission of St. Francis Indian School is to
  facilitate the best academic and cultural
  education with the highest expectations for our
  student and their families using a well-trained
  supportive staff in a safe and healthy
  environment

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History

• 1877 Requested a school from the President
• 1881 The Jesuits invited to start a school
• Building financed by Katharine Drexel
• 1891 Enrollment exceeded 200 students

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• 1933 First Graduating Class
• 1964-1975 Transition from Boarding school to
  Day school
• 1972 Renamed St. Francis Indian School and
  turned over to the tribe

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Present Day

• 1993 Lakota Studies Program started

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Crow Creek High School
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Quote

• Quote 16

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• Philosophy of Education
• The basic principles of the Crow Creek Tribal
  School philosophy are to recognize the worth and
  dignity of each individual, to help each young
  person become the best he/she is capable of
  becoming, and to provide him/her to implement the
  new challenges as well to utilize his/her
  heritage from past generations.

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History

• Established in 1886 as a Catholic Indian Mission
• Started with 5 Yankton Sioux boys
• Early life at the school was primitive
• English language was insisted upon
• In attendance were also white children

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Present Day

• Enrollment 391 students
• Staff
• Curriculum
• Dress Code
• Character and Responsibility
• Tragedy

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Quotes

• Quote 17

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References

• www.loc.gov
• http//www.nativeyouthmagazine.com/index.php?optio
  ncom_contenttaskviewid369Itemid89
• http//www.fis.bia.edu/
• http//www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail6373.cfm?Id
  0,68706
• http//jaie.asu.edu/v35/V35S3run.htm
• http//www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1D4C
• Betty Belkham, Superintendent Flandreau Indian
  School

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References

• http//www.lakotacountrytimes.com/news/2008/1218/t
  iwahe_wicoiye/032.html
• http//www.redcloudschool.org/
• http//www.privateschoolreview.com_ov/school_id/25
  864
• www.danielpaul.com/CarlisleIndianSchool.html
• http//www.sfisk12.org/
• http//www.sfmission.org/history-culture.htm
• http//marquette.edu/library/collections/archives/
  Mss/SFM/SFMhistory.html

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References

• http//www.highmore.org/stephan.shtml
• http//www.capjournal.com/articles
• http//www.crowcreek.k12.us/hs/