Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project
Collection
Identifier: MSS-595-BC
Scope and Content
Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project consists of 51 cassette tapes comprising 31 oral history interviews, 27 transcripts, photocopies of photographs (the originals are held at SFIS), the exhibition catalog, One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School, and assorted biographies, correspondence, and clippings. There are no cassettes for interview numbers 6, 11, 24, and 27. There are no transcripts for interview numbers 6, 24, 27, 31-35.
The bulk of the material is from Pueblo people, but the collection also includes Navajo, Apache, and non-Indian material. The informants were Santa Fe Indian School students, employees, and teachers. The collection addresses such subjects as Indian student life, federal school policy, school adminstration, tribal and community involvement, and survival of Indian culture. A preservation copy of all cassette tapes are in the CSWR vault; duplicate tapes for research use are in this collection. All interviews were conducted in English.
The bulk of the material is from Pueblo people, but the collection also includes Navajo, Apache, and non-Indian material. The informants were Santa Fe Indian School students, employees, and teachers. The collection addresses such subjects as Indian student life, federal school policy, school adminstration, tribal and community involvement, and survival of Indian culture. A preservation copy of all cassette tapes are in the CSWR vault; duplicate tapes for research use are in this collection. All interviews were conducted in English.
Dates
- 1986-1987
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research.
Copy Restrictions
Limited duplication of CSWR material is allowed for research purposes. User is responsible for compliance with all copyright, privacy, and libel laws. Permission is required for publication or distribution.
Literary rights belong to the Santa Fe Indian School. Permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the President of Board of Trustees, c/o Superintendent, Santa Fe Indian School, PO Box 5340, Santa Fe, NM 87505. For more information, visit: Santa Fe Indian School website.
Literary rights belong to the Santa Fe Indian School. Permission to quote for publication should be addressed to the President of Board of Trustees, c/o Superintendent, Santa Fe Indian School, PO Box 5340, Santa Fe, NM 87505. For more information, visit: Santa Fe Indian School website.
Project History
Students in classroom at Santa Fe Indian School, 1900. Palace of the Governors, Neg. 1036, Published in "One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School" (box 1, folder 1)
The Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project was an oral history project which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS). The purpose of the project was to document the SFIS' path towards self determination. The head of the project was Sally Hyer, who also wrote her doctoral dissertation and a monograph based on the project. Most of the interviews were conducted at the Santa Fe Indian School between 1986 and 1987.
The school was founded in 1890 as a federal boarding school to culturally assimilate Indian children through education and isolation from their families. In 1962, the Santa Fe Indian School merged with the Albuquerque Indian School, and the Santa Fe site was taken over by the Institute of American Indian Arts. A series of events beginning in the mid-1970's led to the Albuquerque Indian School being transferred to the Santa Fe Indian School, and the Institute of American Indian Arts permanently relocating to a neighboring site in Santa Fe. As a result of the passage of the Indian Self Determination Act in 1975, administration of the school transferred from the U.S. Government to the American Indian Pueblo Council. The school has evolved into a community school with the missions of fostering traditional Indian culture, while teaching the skills necessary for students to thrive as individuals.
The SFIS and Laboratory of Anthropology have copies (originals?) of this collection.
The Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project was an oral history project which commemorated the 100th anniversary of the Santa Fe Indian School (SFIS). The purpose of the project was to document the SFIS' path towards self determination. The head of the project was Sally Hyer, who also wrote her doctoral dissertation and a monograph based on the project. Most of the interviews were conducted at the Santa Fe Indian School between 1986 and 1987.
The school was founded in 1890 as a federal boarding school to culturally assimilate Indian children through education and isolation from their families. In 1962, the Santa Fe Indian School merged with the Albuquerque Indian School, and the Santa Fe site was taken over by the Institute of American Indian Arts. A series of events beginning in the mid-1970's led to the Albuquerque Indian School being transferred to the Santa Fe Indian School, and the Institute of American Indian Arts permanently relocating to a neighboring site in Santa Fe. As a result of the passage of the Indian Self Determination Act in 1975, administration of the school transferred from the U.S. Government to the American Indian Pueblo Council. The school has evolved into a community school with the missions of fostering traditional Indian culture, while teaching the skills necessary for students to thrive as individuals.
The SFIS and Laboratory of Anthropology have copies (originals?) of this collection.
Extent
1 box ( 1 cu. ft. )
Separated Material
Master audiocassettes stored in B3.
Relevant Secondary Sources
- Hyer, Sally. One House, One Voice, One Heart: Native American Education at the Santa Fe Indian School. Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, 1990.
- Hyer, Sally. "Remembering Santa Fe Indian School, 1890-1990." Ph.D. diss., University of New Mexico, 1994.
Alphabetical Listing of Interviewees
| Folder | Contents | # |
| 24 | Abeyta, Joseph (Santa Clara Pueblo) | 25 |
| 27 | Agoyo, Herman (San Juan Pueblo) | 29 |
| Bramlett, William | 33 | |
| 9 | Clifford, Mortimer (Sioux) and Esther (Laguna Pueblo) | 9 |
| Cruz, Juanita- Tape only. | 31 | |
| 28 | Ethelbah, Upton S. (Apache) | 30 |
| 21 | Eubank, Lizbath Bonnell | 21 |
| 13 | Fragua, Andrea Toledo (Jemez Pueblo) | 13 |
| 2 | Garcia, Wilfred (San Juan Pueblo) | 1 |
| Houser, Alan and Anna. | 35 | |
| 20 | Jensen, Wilma and Carl | 20 |
| 16 | Jiron, Reycita Cruz (San Juan Pueblo) | 16 |
| 14 | Keevama, Preston Second Mesa (Hopi) | 14 |
| 15 | Lefthand, Santanita (Taos Pueblo) | 15 |
| Malone, Mayree. | 32 | |
| 5 | Mermejo, Don (Picuris Pueblo) | 4 |
| 17 | Montoya, Rafaelita (Taos Pueblo) | 17 |
| 8 | Montoya, Geromina Cruz (San Juan Pueblo) | 8 |
| 6 | Perez, Victor (Nambe Pueblo) | 5 |
| 23 | Reyna, Annie C. (San Juan Pueblo) | 23 |
| 11 | Romero, Petra Chavez (Jemez Pueblo) | No tape |
| 19 | Rushing, Theda Douglas (Creek) | 19 |
| 7 | Sando, Joseph (Jemez Pueblo) | 7 |
| 18 | Tafoya, Teofilo (Santa Clara Pueblo) | 18 |
| 4 | Teba, Katherine (Santa Clara Pueblo). | 3 |
| 25 | Tenorio, Frank (San Felipe Pueblo) | 26 |
| 3 | Tenorio, Frank (San Felipe Pueblo) | 2 |
| 12 | Toledo, Estefanita "Esther" Chavez | 12 |
| 10 | Toledo, Jose Rey (Jemez Pueblo) | 10 |
| 22 | Velarde, Pablita (Santa Clara Pueblo) | 22 |
| Wood, Doris Whitney | 34 |
- Boarding Schools -- New Mexico -- History
- Boarding Schools -- United States -- History
- Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation
- Indians of North America -- Education -- New Mexico
- Indians of North America -- Government relations
- Indians of North America -- New Mexico -- Education
- Indians of North America --Social conditions
- Oral histories
- Pueblo Indians -- Education
- Title
- Finding Aid of the Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project, 1986-1987
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by S. Hayward
- Date
- ©2000
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//University of New Mexico::Center for Southwest Research//TEXT (US::NmU::MSS 595 BC::Santa Fe Indian School: The First 100 Years Project)//EN" "nmu1mss595bc.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the UNM Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections Repository
Contact:
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu
University of New Mexico Center for Southwest Research & Special Collections
University Libraries, MSC05 3020
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque NM 87131
505-277-6451
cswrref@unm.edu