Fort Simcoe was established after the treaty of 1855 when 14 bands and tribes were merged into the Yakama Nation. Like other U.S. Indian boarding schools, it was designed to strip Native students of their culture. This article includes information about how the school was founded and the experiences of children.
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Meyers, Donald W. “It Happened Here: Indian boarding school established at Fort Simcoe.” Yakima Herald, February 17, 2019. Accessed through the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition’s Resource Database: https://boardingschoolhealing.org/resource_database/the-history-of-fort-simcoe-boarding-school/
