Oneida (Wisconsin) Indian School

Oneida Indian Boarding School in Wisconsin was built in 1893. Prior to that time, schools to educate Indian children were maintained and administered by the Episcopal Church in the form of a day school The boarding school was relatively small and closed in 1907. In 1899, it had 131 students and 5 staff.

Fiscal records of the Oneida School, 1897-1907 are deposited at the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) at Chicago. No student case files are included in the inventory of the records there.

In addition to the Boarding School, there were at least three day schools associated with it, with 69 students in all and 1 teacher at each day school.

References

Guide to Federal Records in the National Archives of the United States

Wisconsin Historical Society. Dictionary of Wisconsin History.