IRSHDC : School : Lebret (SK) [18779]

Exterior view of Fort Qu'Appelle Industrial School, Lebret, Saskatchewan (unknown date). Source: Canada. Dept. of Mines and Technical Surveys / Library and Archives Canada / PA-023092.

Lebret (SK)

Dates of Operation

1884 -1998

Description

The Lebret school (also known as Qu’Appelle, St. Paul’s and Whitecalf), was one of the first three industrial schools. Built on the Qu’Appelle Reserve, the school was expanded in 1887, 1889, and 1895. In the school’s early years Aboriginal languages were allowed in the school and in 1886, the federal government approved the publication of a Cree-English primer. In 1951 the school was one of the first residential schools to offer high-school education. Administration was transferred to the Qu’Appelle Indian Residential School Council in 1973. It closed in 1998. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Qu'Appelle
Qu'Appelle Indian Residential School
St. Paul's High School
Whitecalf Indian Residential School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the main school and residential building that was built in 1935 and demolished in 1999. This was the third residential school building that was on this property. The location of the first industrial school building, built in 1884 to burnt down in 1904, is within 50 metres of the third school building. The second school building built in 1906 and burnt down in 1932 at the same spot as the third school building" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

Morgan Hite and 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]