St. Stephens Indian School

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St. Stephens Indian School is a tribal K-12 school in St. Stephens, a settlement in Arapahoe, Wyoming. The school is affiliated with the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE). [1]

A priest in a Jesuit order of the Catholic church established the school in 1884. [2]

In 1985 there was a proposal to merge the school, then the St. Stephens Indian High School, with the Arapahoe School. [3]

In 2015 the school created a documentary, "Listening For A New Day: the making of an Arapaho buffalo hide tipi," about its students creating tipis the traditional way. The documentary won the Red Nation Film Festival Oyate award. [4]

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References

  1. "St. Stephens Indian School". Bureau of Indian Education . Retrieved 2021-08-04. 128 Mission Road, St. Stephens, WY, 82524 - Compare address to the Arapahoe CDP map
  2. Headley, Louis R. (1988-05-19). "Lumping all BIA schools together gives wrong idea". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyoming. p. A13. - Clipping from Newspapers.com - letter to the editor by the superintendent
  3. "St. Stephens will study unification plan". Casper Star-Tribune . Casper, Wyoming. p. B1. - Clipping from Newspapers.com.
  4. Meyer, Brendan (2015-05-12). "St. Stephens premieres award-winning documentary on unique buffalo hide". Casper Star Tribune . Retrieved 2021-08-04. - Alternate URL at Rapid City Journal , Alternate URL at Billings Gazette

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