Uncovering New Mexico’s Indian Boarding School History
Ralph Blackwater, Minnie Wilson, Hugh Patton, Jack Owens, Joe Thomas group portrait (Pima Indians) wearing uniforms of U.S. Indian School, 1886
Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Sewing class at the U.S. Indian Boarding School, ca. 1900 Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque Indian School marching band, ca. 1925 Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque Indian School marching band, ca. 1925 Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Sewing class at the U.S. Indian Boarding School, ca. 1900. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque Indian School Girls Orchestra, ca. 1930. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque Indian School football team, 1927. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Aerial view of the Albuquerque Indian School, 1932. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
U.S. Indian School display at the New Mexico Territorial Fair, ca. 1900. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Students outside the nearly completed Albuquerque Indian School, ca. 1886. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Students and staff in front of Albuquerque Indian School, ca. 1890. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Students outside the nearly completed Albuquerque Indian School, ca. 1886. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Portrait of teachers at a U.S. Indian Boarding School, ca. 1900. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Albuquerque Indian School class portrait, 1930. Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
Missing Commemoration Plaque 4-H Park. Photo Courtesy Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
City planning documents. Courtesy Dr. Ted Jojola
City planning aerial view 4-H Park. Courtesy Dr. Ted Jojola
Sunset Memorial Park Grave Markers. Document Courtesy Dr. Ted Jojola
Community Memorial 4-H Park. Photo Courtesy Tierna Unruh-Enos
Community Memorial 4-H Park. Photo Courtesy Tierna Unruh-Enos
Albuquerque Public Art “Solar Arc” Plaque 4-H Park. Photo Courtesy Tierna Unruh-Enos
A missing plaque at 4-H Park in Albuquerque dedicated to Indigenous students who attended Albuquerque Indian School leads to our investigation of how a city park and playground was built upon a cemetery of unmarked Indian graves.
Ralph Blackwater, Minnie Wilson, Hugh Patton, Jack Owens, Joe Thomas group portrait (Pima Indians) wearing uniforms of U.S. Indian School, 1886
Photo Courtesy Albuquerque Museum
A missing plaque at 4-H Park dedicated to Indigenous students who attended Albuquerque Indian School leads to our investigation of how a city park and playground was built upon a cemetery of unmarked graves.
