Navigating Record Group 75: BIA Schools
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"Very early class of young boys with flags at the Albuquerque Indian School," ca. 1895
Children from Indian Nations across the country attended schools operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Students were often sent to schools by the Indian Agency that had jurisdiction over their tribe. Records about schools and the students who attended them may be found with the originating agency as well as in the materials created by the school. This listing contains information about schools operated by the BIA. Churches, local communities and even the tribes themselves also operated schools, which are not listed here. Please contact the corresponding National Archives facility for more information about the records related to your research.
Alaska
| 1941–1983 | Mount Edgecumbe Boarding School (National Archives at Seattle) |
| 1956–1975 | Wrangell Institute (National Archives at Seattle) |
Arizona
| 1968–1989 | Cottonwood Day School under the Chinle Subagency (National Archives at Riverside) |
| 1895–1922 | Navajo Training School under the Navajo Agency (National Archives at Riverside) |
| 1891–1990 | Phoenix Indian School (National Archives at Riverside) |
| 1927–1939 | Theodore Roosevelt School (National Archives at Riverside) |
California
| 1898–1930 | Fort Bidwell Indian Boarding School (National Archives at San Francisco) |
| 1913–1928 | Fort Yuma Indian Boarding School under the Fort Yuma Agency (National Archives at Riverside) |
| 1897–1922 | Greenville Indian Industrial Boarding School under the Greenville Agency (National Archives at San Francisco) |
| 1893–1931 | Hoopa Valley Boarding School under the Hoopa Valley Agency (National Archives at San Francisco) |
| 1898–1980 | Sherman Institute (National Archives at Riverside) |
Colorado
| 1892–1916 | Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School under the Southern Ute Agency (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1937–1979 | Ignacio Boarding School under the Consolidated Ute Agency (National Archives at Denver) |
Kansas
| 1884–1980 | Haskell Institute/Haskell Indian Nations University (National Archives at Kansas City) |
Michigan
| 1892–1946 | Mt. Pleasant Indian School (National Archives at Chicago) |
Minnesota
| 1894–1959 | Pipestone Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1905–1919 | Vermillion Lake Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1901–1918 | White Earth Boarding School (National Archives at Chicago) |
Montana
| 1891–1910 | Fort Shaw Indian Boarding School (National Archives at Denver) |
Nevada
| 1913–1920 | Lovelocks School under the Fallon Day School and Subgency (National Archives at San Francisco) |
| 1890–1980 | Stewart Indian Boarding School (National Archives at San Francisco) |
| 1882–1917 | Western Shoshone Boarding School under the Western Shoshone Agency (National Archives at San Francisco) |
Young school girls attending sewing class at Albuquerque Indian School., ca. 1910
New Mexico
| 1886–1964 | Albuquerque Indian School (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1926–1949 | Charles H. Burke Indian School/Wingate Vocational High School (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1935–1959 | McCarty Indian Day School under the Albuquerque Area Office (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1944–1957 | Mesita Indian Day School under the Albuquerque Area Office (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1950–1958 | Nenahnezad Boarding School under the Northern Navajo Agency (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1924–1958 | Paguate Indian Day School under the Albuquerque Area Office (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1911–1914 | Pueblo Day Schools at Albuquerque (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1911–1912 | Pueblo Day Schools at Santa Fe (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1954–1966 | San Juan Boarding School (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1890–1951 | Santa Fe Indian School (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1944–1952 | Shiprock Boarding School under the Northern Navajo Agency (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1971–1981 | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute(National Archives at Denver) |
| 1941–1952 | Toadlena Day School under the Navajo Agency (National Archives at Denver) |
| 1906–1911 | Zuni Boarding School (National Archives at Denver) |
North Dakota
| 1914–1938 | Bismarck Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1910–1935 | Fort Totten Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1909–1967 | Wahpeton Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
Oklahoma
| 1893–1897 | Absentee Shawnee Boarding School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1916–1932 | Bacone College (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1929–1951 | Bacone College under the Five Civilized Tribes Agency (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1914–1929 | Bloomfield Academy [also known as Carter Seminary] (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1903–1927 | Cantonment Boarding School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1871–1935 | Chilocco Indian School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1887–1981 | Cheyenne-Arapaho Boarding School/Concho Boarding School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1884–1980 | Chilocco Indian School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1935–1948 | Dwight Mission (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1910–1920 | El Meta Bond College (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1892–1910 | Euchee Boarding School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1912–1947 | Euchee Boarding School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1892–1907 | Eufaula High School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1925–1978 | Eufaula High School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1937–1980 | Fort Sill Indian School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1901–1932 | Genoa Indian School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1892–1981 | Jones Academy (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1922–1952 | Jones Male Academy (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1902–1929 | Mekusukey Academy (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1928–1931 | Mekusukey Academy (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1874–1890 | Miami Day School under the Quapaw Agency (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1875–1901 | Modoc Day School under the Quapaw Agency (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1874–1922 | Osage Boarding School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1892–1958 | Pawnee Boarding School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1901–1903 | Pawnee Boarding and Training School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1890–1902 | Pawnee Industrial School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1872–1896 | Peoria Day School under the Quapaw Agency (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1872–1899 | Quapaw Boarding School under the Quapaw Agency (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1897–1933 | Red Moon School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1916–1917 | Red Moon School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1925–1984 | Riverside School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1895–1938 | Seger Industrial School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1916–1927 | Seger Industrial School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1916–1971 | Seneca Boarding School under the Quapaw Agency (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1911–1985 | Sequoyah High School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1860–1932 | Shawnee Boarding School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1923–1961 | Shawnee Boarding School (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1877–1901 | Student of the States (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1896–1898 | Sulphur Springs School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1886–1899 | Tuskahoma Institute under the Five Civilized Tribes Agency (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1923–1926 | Tuskahoma Female Academy under the Five Civilized Tribes Agency (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1886–1900 | Wheelock Academy (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1911–1953 | Wheelock Academy (National Archives at Fort Worth) |
| 1886–1901 | White’s Institute (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
| 1896–1905 | Yellow Spring School (Oklahoma Historical Society) |
Oregon
| 1890–1975 | Chemawa Indian School (National Archives at Seattle) |
| 1880–1891 | Forest Grove Indian Training School (National Archives at Seattle) |
| 1891–1939 | Salem Indian School (National Archives at Seattle) |
Pennsylvania
| 1879–1918 | Carlisle Indian School (Also known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School) (National Archives in Washington DC) |
South Dakota
| 1897–1909 | Chamberlain Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1894–1954 | Flandreau School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1901–1920 | Hope School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1898–1934 | Pierre Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1898–1934 | Rapid City Indian School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
| 1901–1920 | Springfield School (National Archives at Kansas City) |
Utah
| 1953–1974 | Intermountain Indian School (National Archives at Denver) |
Washington
| 1910–1920 | Cushman Indian School (National Archives at Seattle) |
Wisconsin
| 1901–1934 | Hayward Indian School (National Archives at Chicago) |
| 1896–1927 | Oneida Indian School (National Archives at Chicago) |
| 1985–1943 | Tomah Indian Industrial School (National Archives at Chicago) |
| 1895–1932 | Lac du Flambeau School (National Archives at Chicago) |
| 1889–1923 | Red Cliff School (National Archives at Chicago) |
| 1895–1917 | Wittenberg Indian School (National Archives at Chicago) |