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Fort Sill Indian School was an American Indian boarding school near Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States.[1]

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  1. 11 relations: American Indian boarding schools, British Museum, Charles Chibitty, Code talker, Comanche County, Oklahoma, Doc Tate Nevaquaya, Lawton, Oklahoma, National Register of Historic Places, Oklahoma, Quakers, Robert Redbird.

  2. Boarding schools in Oklahoma
  3. Defunct schools in Oklahoma
  4. Educational institutions disestablished in 1980
  5. School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma

American Indian boarding schools

American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture. Fort Sill Indian School and American Indian boarding schools are Native American boarding schools.

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British Museum

The British Museum is a public museum dedicated to human history, art and culture located in the Bloomsbury area of London.

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Charles Chibitty

Charles Joyce Chibitty (November 20, 1921 – July 20, 2005) was a Native American and United States Army code talker in World War II, who helped transmit coded messages in the Comanche (Nʉmʉnʉʉ) language on the battlefield as a radio operator in the European Theater of the war.

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Code talker

A code talker was a person employed by the military during wartime to use a little-known language as a means of secret communication.

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Comanche County, Oklahoma

Comanche County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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Doc Tate Nevaquaya

Joyce Lee "Doc" Tate Nevaquaya (July 3, 1932 – March 5, 1996) was a Comanche flute player and painter from Apache, Oklahoma.

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Lawton, Oklahoma

Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

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National Register of Historic Places

The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic value".

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Oklahoma

Oklahoma (Choctaw: Oklahumma) is a state in the South Central region of the United States.

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Quakers

Quakers are people who belong to the Religious Society of Friends, a historically Protestant Christian set of denominations.

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Robert Redbird

Robert Redbird Sr. (July 22, 1939 – March 5, 2016) was a Native American artist who painted in order to preserve and communicate the Kiowa culture.

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See also

Boarding schools in Oklahoma

Defunct schools in Oklahoma

Educational institutions disestablished in 1980

School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Oklahoma

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Sill_Indian_School

Also known as Building 309, Fort Sill Indian School.