Albuquerque Indian School
Albuquerque Indian School was a Native American school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. It was operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA).
As of 2021[update] the sole remaining building is the Employees' New Dormitory and Club.
History
It opened in an adobe hacienda in Duranes, Albuquerque in 1881. Its initial enrollment was 40 and the Department of the Interior contracted with the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions. Circa 1884 the final facility opened elsewhere in Albuquerque. By then enrollment was now 158. It became directly operated by the BIA in 1886.[1]
Enrollment declined, with prospective students instead enrolling in to on-or near reservation public schools, after the 1953 Indian Termination Act. In 1981 the BIA closed the school and moved the students to the Santa Fe Indian School after a gas furnace caused illness in the students. Vandalism occurred, and in 1989 the school property was razed. The All Indian Pueblo Council received ownership of the property and as of 2002 still owns it.[1]
In 2009 the city government and the Indian Pueblos Federal Development Corporation created an agreement on possible land development.[2]
Student body
Circa the early part of the decade of the 1900s Navajos made up about 50% of each graduating class. Prior to that point the student composition was not the same.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Linthicum, Leslie (2002-08-11). "Gone, but not forgotten". Albuquerque Journal. Albuquerque, New Mexico. pp. B1, B5. - Clippings of the first and of the second page at Newspapers.com.
- ^ Montoya, Isaiah (2009-07-09). "Remembering the 'Pueblo Training School'". Navajo Times. Retrieved 2021-07-19.
External links
- "Albuquerque Indian School and Indian Child Removal". City of Albuquerque.
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