A new map gives more insight into over 650 Native American boarding schools in the U.S. and Canada — including a handful in Utah.
"It was the damnedest thing I ever did in my life," Diné survivor Mark Maryboy said. He often wonders how his life would have turned out without that trauma. "Going through that experience has a huge impact on you. It's a lifetime sickness that goes into your mind."
Children from tribes within Utah were also sent to schools outside the state, sometimes hundreds of miles from their families and homes. The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition identifies eight schools that existed in Utah and when they were in operation.Uintah Boarding and Day School in Whiterocks from 1880 to 1951.St. George Southern Utah Boarding School in St. George from 1901 to 1904.Aneth Boarding and Day School in Montezuma Creek from 1935 to present.St.
Some operated for only a handful of years, while others housed students for decades. Many of the Utah schools closed in the early or mid-20th century with two exceptions: the Intermountain Indian School in Brigham City and Aneth Boarding and Day School in Montezuma Creek. Intermountain closed in 1984, while Aneth is still open. Today the Aneth school, now called Aneth Community School, is operated by the Bureau of Indian Education and serves a mix of residential and day K-6 students.
The earliest Utah schools were established by the Episcopal Mission in the 1880s on or near the Uintah & Ouray Reservation in Northeastern Utah. There are at leastAt one point, the Intermountain Indian School was the biggest Native American boarding school in the country and housed students from over two dozen tribes. Unlike their peers at other schools, graduates from the Intermountain Indian School have publicly spoken about their time at boarding school fondly.
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