St. Boniface Indian School was a Roman Catholic American Indian School in Banning, California.
It belonged to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles. [1] It opened in 1890, providing vocational education to Cahuilla, Serrano, Luiseño, Kumeyaay, and other American Indians. [2] [3]
The school had a forced Americanization program that was to make students follow Euro-American culture. There is a cemetery that has graves of deceased students. [4]
It began operations in 1890. [5] Bishop Francisco Mora y Borrell authorized the school and Mother Katharine Drexel provided funding to the Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions for purchase of the land, construction, and operations. [6] [7] Over its history, about 8,000 students attended the school. [6] Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet provided the teaching staff. [8]
The inspiration for the school's main building was the facility of the St. Joseph's Indian Normal School in Rensselaer, Indiana. [9]
St. Anthony's Industrial School in San Diego in 1907, with students sent to St. Boniface. [8]
Its role as an Indian school ended in 1952. The replacement institution, New Hope USA, was for adjudicated delinquents and students from low income backgrounds. [5]
The building was demolished in 1974. [6] A small abandoned cemetery remains. [10]
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They were forbidden to speak their language and practice their culture.