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This photograph shows a group of people gathered around the Iowa, Sac and Fox Presbyterian Mission in Highland, Kansas. The three story building of limestone and brick was completed in 1846 under the direction of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions. The facility housed and educated the children of the two tribes while functioning from 1863 to 1866 as a Indian Orphanage. After the institute closed in 1866, the building became a private residence until 1905. In 1941 the state of Kansas became the property owners. Since 1963 the Kansas Historical Society has administered this property as a state historic site. In 1996 the mission was rehabilitated as a museum to showcase the arts and history of the emigrant tribes of American Indians in northeast Kansas.
Date: 1938
Item Number: 212180
Call Number: FK2.D3 .79 *34
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 212180
Built Environment - Areas of Significance - Ethnic Heritage - Native American
Collections - Photograph
Community Life - Religion - Christianity - Presbyterian
Community Life - Religion - Missionaries - Iowa Presbyterian Mission
Date - 1930s
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Documentary Artifact - Photograph
People - American Indians - Missions - Iowa Presbyterian Mission
People - American Indians - Tribes - Iowa
People - American Indians - Tribes - Sac and Fox
Places - Cities and towns - Highland
Places - Counties - Doniphan
Places - Historic sites - Iowa and Sac & Fox Mission
Type of Material - Photographs
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