Linda Google lists a number of sites but one you might find interesting is NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287 The Bureau of Indian Affairs wanted Native American children to integrate into the "white world" so conceived of a plan to send some to Boarding Schools. Beverlee > Hi Listers, > Does anyone have a good link to the California Indian schools? Or > information about them? Why were the kids shipped out of their home > grounds, often from OR to Mex...? Thanks for any help offered. > > ~Linda~ > Willow Creek, CA. > > >
An uncle of mine, Edward Ament, and his wife Floy were instrumental in starting the Greenville Indian School in Greenville, Plumas Co, about 1890. It was later, 1897, taken over by the BIA. If I remember correctly, the kids had to wear uniforms and only speak English. Yes, they were established to assimilate Indians into the white culture. Before the BIA took over, the young women were allowed to practice basket weaving. I have a basket made at the school and given to another relative, Emma Trubody. Emma taught school there in the early1890s. Edward Ament left the area about the time that the BIA took over and went on to become Mayor of Berkeley CA, 1932 to 1939. The other Indian school I know of, was Stewart Indian School in Carson City Nevada. Several of the kids from there were in Weimar Joint Sanatorium for tuberculosis at the same time I was. 1953 to 1955. The hospital was ran by 13 CA counties and the Federal Gov. There were Indian kids there from Carson City, NV, Bishop CA, and Owyee, NV. There may have been Indian Schools in all those locations, but I don't know for sure. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverlee Broadlick" <trace97@surewest.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] California Indian Schools > Linda Google lists a number of sites but one you might find interesting > is > NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287 > The Bureau of Indian Affairs wanted Native American children to integrate > into the "white world" so conceived of a plan to send some to Boarding > Schools. Beverlee > > > >> Hi Listers, >> Does anyone have a good link to the California Indian schools? Or >> information about them? Why were the kids shipped out of their home >> grounds, often from OR to Mex...? Thanks for any help offered. >> >> ~Linda~ >> Willow Creek, CA. >> >> >> > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
Bureau of Indian Affairs 75.10 RECORDS OF THE EDUCATION DIVISION 1874-1972 Top of Page 75.10.1 General records Textual Records: Registers of letters received by the Medical and Educational Division, 1874-81, and by the Education Division, 1906-8; with indexes, 1895-1907. Summaries of work completed and records relating to Mission schools, 1887-1901. Circulars, 1897- 1909. Office files of W. Carson Ryan, Director of Education, 1931-35; and Mary Stewart, Assistant Director of Education, 1929- 36. Reference books concerning schools, 1882-1909. Briefs of investigations, 1899-1911. Abstracts of letters relating to epidemics, 1901-8. Statistics relating to education, 1859-69; Indian schools, 1874-1909; and schools, 1890-1908. Statistics from monthly and semimonthly school reports, 1893-96, 1904-10. Attendance books for Choctaw and Chickasaw neighborhood schools in Indian Territory, 1900-1, 1906-7. Attendance statistics for Cherokee day schools in Indian Territory, 1906. Record of schools, 1895. Abstracts of official reports concerning school plants, 1898-1905. Records relating to Indian schools and adult education programs, 1889-1972 (bulk 1935-72). Record of school contracts, 1887-1911. Annual school census reports, 1912-39. Subject files, 1910-69. Annual, semiannual, quarterly, and monthly school reports, 1874-1939. Public school quarterly and monthly attendance reports, 1913-37. Reports concerning examinations and promotions, 1924-34. Samples of examination papers, 1888, 1899, 1915. School calendars, 1930-34. Educational survey forms, 1929-32. Reports of school social workers, 1932-36. Case records concerning the traveling mental health clinic, 1935. Records relating to summer education programs, 1951-69. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cliff" <cday@surewest.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 2:00 PM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] California Indian Schools > An uncle of mine, Edward Ament, and his wife Floy were instrumental in > starting the Greenville Indian School in Greenville, Plumas Co, about > 1890. > It was later, 1897, taken over by the BIA. If I remember correctly, the > kids had to wear uniforms and only speak English. Yes, they were > established to assimilate Indians into the white culture. Before the BIA > took over, the young women were allowed to practice basket weaving. I > have > a basket made at the school and given to another relative, Emma Trubody. > Emma taught school there in the early1890s. Edward Ament left the area > about the time that the BIA took over and went on to become Mayor of > Berkeley CA, 1932 to 1939. > > The other Indian school I know of, was Stewart Indian School in Carson > City > Nevada. Several of the kids from there were in Weimar Joint Sanatorium > for > tuberculosis at the same time I was. 1953 to 1955. The hospital was ran > by > 13 CA counties and the Federal Gov. There were Indian kids there from > Carson City, NV, Bishop CA, and Owyee, NV. There may have been Indian > Schools in all those locations, but I don't know for sure. > > Cliff > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Beverlee Broadlick" <trace97@surewest.net> > To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: [NORCAL] California Indian Schools > > >> Linda Google lists a number of sites but one you might find interesting >> is >> NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287 >> The Bureau of Indian Affairs wanted Native American children to integrate >> into the "white world" so conceived of a plan to send some to Boarding >> Schools. Beverlee >> >> >> >>> Hi Listers, >>> Does anyone have a good link to the California Indian schools? Or >>> information about them? Why were the kids shipped out of their home >>> grounds, often from OR to Mex...? Thanks for any help offered. >>> >>> ~Linda~ >>> Willow Creek, CA. >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> ----------------------------------------- >> NORCAL ARCHIVES: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ >> Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. >> Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. >> ----------------------------------------- >> To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to >> NORCAL@rootsweb.com >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes >> in the subject and the body of the message > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message
Cliff, My great grandmother and her 3 brothers, two sisters were taken from their family in the late 1880's and sent to the Chemawa Indian School in Salem OR. My family is from the Shasta Nation, Okwanuchu Tribe. In the state archives in Sacramento, there are many records from the school. The Indians didn't keep very good written records, but once the government got hold of them, everything was documented. I was able to read report cards, medical records, information on scars or other unique charactoristics, when one of the family would escape and when they were brought back. Some of my relatives live on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation, others at the Grand Ronde, and some in the Walla Walla area. My great grandmother was released around 1898 and moved to Sacramento. She had the traditional three tatoo lines on her chin and lived until the 1950's in the Bryte area. It is amazing what you can find in the records - and interesting to learn more about family history. Thanks for your story. I have been to Greenville many times. I re-modeled the Forest Service living quarters there in the early 1980's. Rock --- On Sun, 1/17/10, Cliff <cday@surewest.net> wrote: From: Cliff <cday@surewest.net> Subject: Re: [NORCAL] California Indian Schools To: norcal@rootsweb.com Date: Sunday, January 17, 2010, 2:00 PM An uncle of mine, Edward Ament, and his wife Floy were instrumental in starting the Greenville Indian School in Greenville, Plumas Co, about 1890. It was later, 1897, taken over by the BIA. If I remember correctly, the kids had to wear uniforms and only speak English. Yes, they were established to assimilate Indians into the white culture. Before the BIA took over, the young women were allowed to practice basket weaving. I have a basket made at the school and given to another relative, Emma Trubody. Emma taught school there in the early1890s. Edward Ament left the area about the time that the BIA took over and went on to become Mayor of Berkeley CA, 1932 to 1939. The other Indian school I know of, was Stewart Indian School in Carson City Nevada. Several of the kids from there were in Weimar Joint Sanatorium for tuberculosis at the same time I was. 1953 to 1955. The hospital was ran by 13 CA counties and the Federal Gov. There were Indian kids there from Carson City, NV, Bishop CA, and Owyee, NV. There may have been Indian Schools in all those locations, but I don't know for sure. Cliff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beverlee Broadlick" <trace97@surewest.net> To: <norcal@rootsweb.com> Sent: Sunday, January 17, 2010 8:42 AM Subject: Re: [NORCAL] California Indian Schools > Linda Google lists a number of sites but one you might find interesting > is > NPR http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287 > The Bureau of Indian Affairs wanted Native American children to integrate > into the "white world" so conceived of a plan to send some to Boarding > Schools. Beverlee > > > >> Hi Listers, >> Does anyone have a good link to the California Indian schools? Or >> information about them? Why were the kids shipped out of their home >> grounds, often from OR to Mex...? Thanks for any help offered. >> >> ~Linda~ >> Willow Creek, CA. >> >> >> > > > > ----------------------------------------- > NORCAL ARCHIVES: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ > Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. > Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. > ----------------------------------------- > To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to > NORCAL@rootsweb.com > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message ----------------------------------------- NORCAL ARCHIVES: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/ Enter NORCAL. Browse by month. Or click the "Search all archives" link to search by keyword. ----------------------------------------- To post a message to the NORCAL mailing list, send an email to NORCAL@rootsweb.com ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to NORCAL-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message