Cherokee Boarding School

Cherokee Boarding School

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This photograph was taken in 1890 at the Cherokee Training School in Cherokee, North Carolina. The training school for the Eastern Band of Cherokee was instituted as a boarding school in the 1880s and was operated for many years by the Society of Friends (Quakers) under the auspices of the United States government. The school provided academic classes in the morning and arts, crafts, and vocational training in the afternoons. Home skills such as cooking, baking, sewing, and needlework were taught to girls, and boys received training in agriculture, livestock management, and carpentry. The photograph shows the school at its Yellow Hill location, looking westward across the Oconaluftee River. The name of the photographer who captured this shot is unknown.

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Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1890

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5" x 7"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions