Crow Creek Tribal School

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Crow Creek Tribal School
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Crow Creek Tribal School
Stephan, South Dakota

United States
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TypeTribal K-12 school

Crow Creek Tribal School (CCTS) is a tribal K-12 school in Stephan, South Dakota, on the Hunkpati Sioux Reservation. [1] It is associated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), [2] [3] and covers grades K-12. As of 2021 it had about 600 students. [1]

Contents

The school has a dormitory facility for students in grades 7-12, including those who live in any geographic distance from the school. [4]

History

Prior to losing its gymnasium the school had about 300 students, but after the gymnasium was decommissioned enrollment declined. [5]

In 2003 the dormitory burned down. The building was not insured although the objects inside were. [6]

In Summer 2008 enrollment was 120. In 2008, multiple former employees were sentenced and/or awaiting sentencing for federal criminal charges, causing turmoil at the school. The school was scheduled to get a gymnasium in 2009. [5]

Student body

The school enrolls students from Fort Thompson and from Native American reservations in South Dakota and other states. [5]

References

  1. 1 2 "About". Crow Creek Tribal School. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Crow Creek Tribal Elementary School". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Crow Creek Reservation High School". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  4. ↑ "Dormitories". Crow Creek Tribal School. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  5. 1 2 3 "Crow Creek school reeling from crimes of staff members". Capital Journal . July 25, 2008. Retrieved July 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ Woster, Terry (April 14, 2006). "From Soot To Safe Haven". Argus Leader . Sioux Falls, South Dakota. pp. 1A, 4A. - Clipping of first and of second page from Newspapers.com.

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