Fort Sill Indian School
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Fort Sill Indian School
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Fort Sill Indian School was an American Indian boarding school near Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, 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 Quakers but became nonsectarian in 1891. Building 309 of the school is recorded on the N
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Former American Indian boarding school in Oklahoma, USA
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sill_Indian_School
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2024-03-20T21:07:44Z
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