In 1869 the Quakers (Society of Friends) established a mission in Wyandotte. The Wyandotte Tribal Council donated land for the Quakers to establish a boarding school for Seneca, Shawnee and Wyandotte children. Construction of the school began in 1871 and classes began in 1872.
Other names for the school were Wyandotte Mission, Seneca, Shawnee, and Wyandotte Industrial Boarding School, and Seneca Boarding School.[2]
By the 1920s, the composition of the student body had changed, and was largely Cherokee students.
In 1927 the school had an outbreak of measles and typhoid, and "dozens of children" died.[3]
In 1928, a new principal was appointed, Joe Kagey. The school changed its admittance policy, and was opened to children of all tribes. It became an "institutional" school for children coming from situations of hardship.
In 1952, there were 173 Cherokee students, and a number of students from other tribes. Kagey retired in 1956.[4]
On June 15, 1980 the school closed. The school's 189 acres of land were returned to the Wyandotte Tribe.[5]
A selection of school records created between 1916–1970 are held by the National Archives.[6]
Referencesedit
^"Seneca Indian School, Ottawa County, Oklahoma, USA". Place Names.com. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^O'Dell, Larry. "Wyandotte". Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^Bieloh, Christina (2009). "Bad Water and Epidemics: The Wages of Neglect at the Seneca Indian School". Chronicles of Oklahoma. 87 (1): 56–75. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^Gibson, A.M. "Joe Kagey: Indian Educator" (PDF). The Chronicles of Oklahoma. pp. 12–19. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^"Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma v. Deputy Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs (Operations)" (PDF). Interior Board of Indian Appeals. 1982. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
^"75.20.44 Records of the Seneca Indian School, OK". Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs [BIA]. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
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"Oklahoma Indian School Magazine - Seneca Edition". Oklahoma Digital Prairie: Documents, Images and Information. Vol. 2, no. 3. March 1933. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
"Seneca Indian School (Okla.) [WorldCat Identities]". Retrieved 2014-10-11.
"History of Seneca Indian School", compiled by Margaret Schiffbauer, 1954.
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