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Canton Asylum, 1910, List of Patients

The Indian Asylum in Canton, South Dakota in 1905

In 1898, Congress passed a bill creating the only ‘Institution for Insane Indians’ in the United States. The Canton Indian Insane Asylum, South Dakota (sometimes called Hiawatha Insane Asylum) opened for the reception of patients in January, 1903. Many of the inmates were not mentally ill. Native Americans risked being confined in the asylum for alcoholism, opposing government or business interests, or for being culturally misunderstood. A 1927 investigation conducted by the Bureau of Indian Affairs determined that a large number of patients showed no signs of mental illness. The asylum was closed in 1934. While open, more than 350 … Read more

1924 Bloomfield Seminary Student List

In the fall of 1847, John Harpole Carr was appointed him to superintend the construction of buildings known afterward as “Bloomfield Academy,” in the Choctaw Nation. He was afterward appointed superintendent of the school. This establishment of the first missionary boarding school for girls among the Chickasaws. The Board contributed one third and the Nation two thirds of all the money used for the current expenses of the school. There never was any average attendance calculated for we always kept our number filled, whether it was twenty-five, thirty-five, forty-five or sixty. Whenever there was a vacancy through sickness or any … Read more

History of Portland Oregon Educational Institutions

History of Portland Oregon Educational Institutions: First Schools in Portland and their Conductors – Early Advocates of Free Schools – Growth and Development of the System – Central School – Park School – Harrison Street School – Atkinson School – High School – – Couch and Failing Schools – Course of Study Pursued in Public Schools – Plan and System of Management – – Names of Teachers – City School Officers from 1856 to 1890 – Portland Academy and Female Institute – St. Mary’s Academy – Bishop Scott Academy – St. Helen’s Hall – St. Michael’s College – Independent German School – International Academy – Medical Colleges – Business Colleges.