Chemawa Indian School students under the school entrance arch

Title

Chemawa Indian School students under the school entrance arch

Description

A hand-tinted photograph depicting students at Chemawa School, standing under its entrance arch in Salem in 1905. A caption on the photograph reads: "Entrance to Indian Training School, Chemawa, near Salem, Oregon." The students shown in the image are mostly younger boys, all wearing the military-style school uniform. The Pacific University Archives' copy of this photograph is a reprint made in the late 20th century. The original photograph was issued as a postcard.

Date Created

1905

Subject

Off-reservation boarding schools
Native American Studies
Chemawa Indian School

Place

Salem, Oregon

Identifier

PUApic_008617

Rights

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Source

Forest Grove Indian School Collection, Pacific University Archives

Type

Still Image

Other Media

Chemawa Indian Training School. 1583 -- Entrance to Indian Training School, Chemawa, near Salem, Oregon.