This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Closing Exercises Highlight Sisseton Indian School History
James H. Miller recalls the Sisseton Indian Industrial School from 1870 to 1918, recounting principals, name changes, and the school’s funding. He urges continued education, praising its impact on language, citizenship, and government understanding, noting the fund’s nearing depletion and the school's imminent closure. Also listed: a local ad for two iron bedsteads and a dresser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sisseton Indian Industrial School
James H. Miller
Betz
Tam
Sinseton Manual Labor Boarding School
Sissyton Indian Industrial School
Smith
Agency
Logan Littlethunder Jugg
Daniel Redeirth
Mary Campbell
N . Oe Smith
Peat
Campbell
Charles Newton
Young
B. S. Haskell
Henry B. Knight
L. B. Crossfield
Washington, D. C
A. S. Crossfield
Crossfield
Indian Office
South Dakota
Washington
Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands
Waz Ithe Philippines
Whch
Hughes
United States
Crossfields
Los Angeles
California
Alexis
O. S. Crossfield Son
Lucy Alexis
Elord
Erod
Elrod
Isabel Hopkins
Elizabeth Bernard
Elizabeth Bluedog
Elizabeth Foster
Sanborn Elrod
Sanborn
Joseph R. Brown
T. C. Gordon
J. H. Malugen
Malugen
McArthur
Horace G. Wilson
Samuel J. Saindow
Ross C Preston
S. A. M Young
Phillip H. Sayles
Jesse EB. Taylor
Eugene D. Mossmen
H C. Russell
Bert R. Beth
Ryder
Cherokee Orphan Home
Oklahoma
Mosstian
Fort Peck
Poplar
Mont
United States Treasury
Act of Congress