1910 Census of Fort Shaw Industrial Indian School

Fort Shaw Industrial Indian Boarding School opened in 1891 in Montana. It was discontinued 30 June 1910, due to declining enrollment. In 1904, it had a famous girls’ basketball team that barnstormed its way to St. Louis playing basketball and performing, and won the “World Championship” at the 1904 St. Louis World’s Fair. This census was requested by the Department of the Interior for a listing of all the Indians enrolled at Fort Shaw Indian School for June 1910 in answer to Circular #448.

Key to Relation
Father – F    Mother – M
Sister – S    Brother – B
Aunt – A    Uncle -U
Guardian – G

1910 Census of Fort Shaw Industrial Indian School

[box]Source: Microfilm copies of Narrative and Statistical Reports for the Fort Shaw Boarding School, 1907-1910, are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 53, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City.[/box]