Cherokee Boarding School: students

Cherokee Boarding School: students

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This 1893 photograph was taken of students and a teacher at the Cherokee Training School in Cherokee, North Carolina and was arranged to display the variety of skills taught to students at the school. 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 name of the photographer who captured this shot is unknown.

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Photograph Collection

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

1893

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2009-01-27

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Qualla Boundary

Appalachian Region, Southern

5.25" x 8.5"(dimension)

Cherokee Traditions