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Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for 1827

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This Department of the Interior Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs include an overview of Indian policy during this year, including qualitative information about a Great Crossings mission school in Kentucky. It lists the total number of children attending schools as 1,291 this year. Statement B in this document also includes a list of schools, who established them, the number of teachers, the number of students, and the amount paid by the government.

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To access Indian affairs reports from 1826-1932, visit: http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi-bin/History/History-idx?type=browse&scope=HISTORY.COMMREP

To access additional Indian Affairs reports from 1855-1949, visit: https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/100103061 

 

United States, Office of Indian Affairs, “Annual Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs for the Years, 1827.” Washington D.C.: Department of War. Accessed through the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition Resource Database: https://boardingschoolhealing.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1826-Report.pdf.