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22: 30: 56:, United States. The school opened in 1871, with 24 students in the first year, had 300 students in the 1970s, and closed in 1980 although "Native students and administrators, alumni, and Indian leaders fought tenaciously to keep the school alive when the BIA announced its imminent closure". It was founded by 347: 372: 367: 362: 377: 342: 303: 357: 352: 64: 150: 41: 74:
holds a collection of 91 photographs taken in the 1990s identified as "Photographs taken for a news story for the
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
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on the planned re-opening of the school as a Native American College".
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National Register of Historic Places in Comanche County, Oklahoma
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Former American Indian boarding school in Oklahoma, USA
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American Indian boarding school
Lawton
Comanche County
Oklahoma
Quakers
National Register of Historic Places
British Museum
Doc Tate Nevaquaya
Robert Redbird
Charles Chibitty
code talker
"Fort Sill Indian School"
"Long ago Indian school here still teaches lessons"
"Fort Sill Indian School"
"NPGallery Asset Detail: Building 309, Fort Sill Indian School"
"National Register of Historical Places - OKLAHOMA (OK), Comanche County"
"Fort Sill Indian School"
"Nevaquaya, Joyce Lee "Doc" Tate"
34°37′22″N 98°22′51″W / 34.622852°N 98.380768°W / 34.622852; -98.380768
Categories
Native American boarding schools
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma
Defunct schools in Oklahoma
Boarding schools in Oklahoma
Educational institutions established in 1871
Educational institutions disestablished in 1980
National Register of Historic Places in Comanche County, Oklahoma
Native American history of Oklahoma

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