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P7538 - MSCC - St. Cyprian's School, Peigan Reserve, Brocket, Alberta (1926). Source: The General Synod Archives, Anglican Church of Canada.

St. Cyprian's (AB)

Dates of Operation
April 10, 1890 - June 30, 1961
Description
In 1890, the Anglican Peigan Mission Home opened at St. Peter’s Mission on the Peigan Reserve in what is now Alberta. In 1897 it was replaced by a new school, the Victoria Jubilee Home for Indian Children, near Brocket. It was replaced by a new school, known as St. Cyprian, in 1927. In 1946 the school barn was destroyed by fire. While attendance was as high as 60 students in the 1950s, by 1961, the year the school closed, it had declined to 35. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Anglican Church of Canada

More Information

Alternate Name(s)
Peigan
Peigan Boarding School
Peigan Church of England Boarding School
Peigan Indian Home
Peigan Mission Home
Queen Victoria Jubilee Home for Indian Children
Queen Victoria's Jubilee Home
St. Cyprian
St. Cyprian's Indian Residential School
St. Peter's
St. Peter's Boarding School
Victoria Home for Indian Children
Victoria Home for Indian Children
Victoria Indian School
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Map Information

Location
First location of St. Cyprian's, St. Peter's,1890-1897: "Point is on the approximate location of the St. Peter's Mission School, the first location of the Peigan/St. Cyprian School. St. Peter's Mission was located near the mouth of Olsen Creek and about a mile to the east of the Agency buildings" (Orlandini, 2019).
 
Second location of St. Cyprian's, Queen Victoria Jubillee Home, 1897-1927: "Point is on the site of the Queen Victoria Jubilee Home (Peigan School). There is a monument in the field that marks the location of the school. This was the second location of the school that became St. Cyprian's" (Orlandini, 2019).
 
Third location of St. Cyprian's, St. Cyprian's,1927-1961: "Point is on the site of the main school building of Peigan/St. Cyprian Indian Residential School. The buildings no longer exist on the property" (Orlandini, 2019).
Location Credit
Rosa Orlandini. 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]

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