IRSHDC : School : Crowfoot (AB) [18686]

[Southwest view of addition to Crowfoot Indian Residential School, Cluny, Alberta, March 11, 1938] (March 11, 1938). Source: Canada. Dept. Indian and Northern Affairs / Library and Archives Canada / e011080298.

Crowfoot (AB)

Dates of Operation

January 25, 1900 - December 31, 1968

Description

Roman Catholic missionaries opened Crowfoot school at Blackfoot Crossing, Alberta in 1900. In 1909 the school (also known as the Blackfoot or St. Joseph’s) was moved to Cluny Alberta. In 1909, 22 of 29 students had tuberculosis, and Indian Affairs believed the school to be overcrowded. In 1921 a nurse reported finding “four boys in chains and chained to the benches” at the school. From 1950 onward the school also operated as a day school and the number of students in residence declined from that point onwards. The residence closed in 1968. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Blackfoot
Crowfoot Boarding School
St. Joseph
St. Joseph's
St. Trinite

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Map Information

Location

First location, 1900-1912: "Point is on the approximate site of the first location of the Crowfoot Indian Residential school. The school site was located at Blackfoot Crossing, on the north side of the Bow River" (Orlandini, 2019).

Second location, 1912-1968: "Point is on the site of the main building of the Crowfoot Indian Residential School that was opened in 1912 and closed in 1968, and has since been torn down. This was the second location of the Crowfoot Indian Residential School" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

Rosa Orlandini and Morgan Hite. The school/hostel location data was collected by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission / National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, Morgan Hite (Atlas of Indian Residential Schools of Canada), Stephanie Pyne (Residential Schools Land Memory Mapping Project) and Rosa Orlandini (Map and GIS Librarian, York University Libraries). The location data and associated attribute data was enhanced, revised and updated by Rosa Orlandini, in consultation with the Archivists at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.

Location Source

Orlandini, Rosa, 2019, "Residential Schools Locations Dataset (Shapefile format)", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP2/FJG5TG, Borealis, V3, UNF:6:TTc1mMvx2BlBqBgIN05xVw== [fileUNF]