A New Catholic Training School for Yakima
Religious leaders acquire 100 acres between the old and new town sites to establish an industrial training center for Indigenous youth.
The Catholics have purchased 100 acres of land between North Yakima and the Old Town and propose to build an Indian training school, where agriculture, among other things, will be taught. The success of the Indian school at this place has led to the project of a stable institution with good and commodious buildings and facilities for teaching the various industries.
“The Catholics have purchased 100 acres of land... and propose to build an Indian training school.”
This report captures the era of assimilationist education policies that sought to reorganize Indigenous life through industrial schooling. It marks a significant moment in the development of Yakima's institutional landscape at the end of the 19th century.
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