URI(s)
Variants
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Colorado River Agency. Fort Mojave Indian School
- Fort Mohave Indian School
- Fort Mojave Indian Industrial school
- Fort Mojave Industrial School
- Fort Mojave School Reservation
- Fort Mohave School
- Indian Training School (Fort Mojave, Ariz.)
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Colorado River Agency. Fort Mojave Agency and School
- United States. Office of Indian Affairs. Herbert Welsh Institute
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Associated Locale
- United States
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Hualapai Indians--Education--Arizona
(lcsh) Mohave Indians--Education--Arizona
(lcsh) Off-reservation boarding schools--Arizona
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Sources
- found: UNLV Special Collections and Archives website, accessed May 16, 2019:Guide to the Fort Mojave Indian School Records (Fort Mojave Indian School Records (1890-1923); school opened in 1890; originally called the Fort Mojave Agency and School until March 9, 1891, when it became known as the Herbert Welsh Institute; by December 1892, the name changed to the Fort Mojave Indian School; school was also referred to as the Fort Mojave Industrial School and the Fort Mojave Indian Industrial School; school closed in 1931)
- found: Wikipedia, accessed May 16, 2019:Fort Mohave Indian Reservation ("In 1890 Fort Mohave, located within reservation boundaries, was transferred by the War Department to the Office of Indian Affairs. For decades until the early 1930s, it operated an Indian boarding school for Native American students from the Mohave and other tribes, as part of efforts to assimilate youth to the mainstream culture. They were forced to speak English and practice Christianity while at the school. The property was transferred to the reservation in 1935")
- found: National Archives catalog, accessed May 16, 2019:organization authority record (Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Colorado River Agency. Fort Mojave Indian School; Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Mojave Indian School; Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Mojave Agency and School; Fort Mojave Indian Industrial school; Fort Mojave School Reservation; Indian Training School; Fort Mohave School; Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Herbert Welsh Institute; Department of the Interior. Office of Indian Affairs. Fort Mojave Agency and School)
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Change Notes
- 2019-05-30: new
- 2019-05-31: revised
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