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Duckwater, Nevada

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the relationship between the Duckwater School and Duckwater Shoshone School community had mended. The teacher then had an aide, and used the aide and older students to ensure all students be on task. Of the thirteen students, nine had at least one sibling in their classes. Students came from ranching and mining families.
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By 1975, Duckwater School, with one teacher, had an enrollment of six, since some students had withdrawn upon the opening of the reservation school. Prior to loss of Native American students, the school district provided hot lunches, and there were two teachers. By 1986 enrollment was thirteen, and
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Duckwater Shoshone is in a building that previously functioned as a church. The school was established circa 1973 by tribal members who were dissatisfied with their children's course in the
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Most students in grades 9-12 attend Eureka County High School, 47 miles (76 km) north of Duckwater. As of 1999, the students on the reservation go to high school in
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A post office was established at Duckwater in 1873. The community was named for the ducks which frequented wetlands near the original town site.
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granted $ 35,000. In 1975 its student count was 21. In 1982 the school was renovated. It maintains its own zoological garden.
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Powers, Lenita (July 13, 1975). "Duckwater Indians Make Children's Education a Home Affair".
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Papinchak, Steve (September 28, 1986). "It's back to basics at Duckwater's 1-room school".
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U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Duckwater Post Office
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is an unincorporated community located in the central portion of the
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is about 200 miles (320 km) to the south-southeast.
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Unincorporated community

Duckwater is located in Nevada
38°55′55″N 115°42′54″W / 38.93194°N 115.71500°W / 38.93194; -115.71500
United States
Nevada
Nye
Time zone
UTC-8
Pacific
DST
UTC-7
PDT
ZIP code
U.S. state
Nevada
Duckwater Valley
Sacramento, California
Nye County
Duckwater Indian Reservation
Red Mountain Wilderness
Nevada State Route 379
Las Vegas
Nye County School District
Bureau of Indian Education
K-8
one-room schools
Nye County School District
United States Office of Education
Eureka

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