Photograph
Indian School in Tomah, Wisconsin
Exterior view of the Indian School. |
Image ID: | 38080 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1900 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Tomah |
County: | Monroe |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Place File** |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PF Tomah.2 |
Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
Opened in 1893, the Tomah Indian Industrial School was intended to teach Indian children how to shed their cultural background and to become more like white, middle-class Americans. Funded primarily by the federal government, Indian boarding schools were established throughout the United States in an attempt to acculturate Indians to "American" ways of thinking and living. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, could white "civilization" take root and childhood memories of Indian culture fade to the point of extinction. The children's time was carefully monitored, with boys receiving instruction in agriculture or trade and girls in the domestic arts. |
Trees |
School buildings |
Cities and towns |
Indians of North America |
Outdoor photography |
Off-reservation boarding schools |
Lawns |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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