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Sherman Indian High School Research Paper
Marshonda Locklear
January 22, 2013
AIS 2390-001
Professor Jacobs

Sherman Indian High School Sherman Indian High School is an off-reservation boarding high school for Native Americans. It originally opened in 1892 as the Perris Indian School, in Perris, California. The school was relocated to Riverside, California, in 1903, under the name The Sherman Institute. The school was accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges in 1971, it became known as the Sherman Indian High School (www.wikipedia.org). Sherman Indian High School was founded by the US Gov’t in order to assimilate Native Americans into the mainstream society. Sherman Indian High School was originally knwn as the Perris Indian School, which
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