A historical record of the Canton Indian Insane Asylum in South Dakota, this page lists the female Native American patients held there on June 30, 1921. It also places the list in context of the asylum’s troubled history, including unjust confinement, poor conditions, at least 121 deaths, and the cemetery now located on a Canton golf course.
A historical account of the Canton Indian Insane Asylum in South Dakota, where many Native Americans were confined under questionable circumstances, along with a 1921 list of male patients held there. The page explains the asylum’s troubled history, its closure in 1934, and the cemetery now recognized on the National Register of Historic Places.
This page documents the female patients detained at the Canton Indian Insane Asylum in June 1924, part of a notorious South Dakota institution that confined many Native Americans without clear evidence of mental illness. It lists 47 women by name, tribe, reservation, and state, preserving a record of those held in harsh conditions.
This page documents the male patients confined at the Canton Indian Insane Asylum in June 1924, part of a larger history of forced detention of Native Americans at the South Dakota institution. Opened in 1903 and closed in 1934, the asylum held many people who were not mentally ill, and the cemetery remains a stark reminder of its legacy.