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R-A25317-The residential school built in 1927 at St. Philippe Mission near Fort Pelly (1931). Source: Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan R-A25317.

St. Philip's (SK)

Dates of Operation

April 16, 1928 - June 30, 1969

Description

The St. Philip’s school dates back to the construction of a boarding school on the Keeseekoosee Reserve near Kamsack in what is now Saskatchewan in 1902. Poor conditions in the school led to its closure in 1914. It reopened in 1927 as the St. Philip’s school. In 1957 the school farm ceased operation and the boarding school was increasingly used as a residence for students attending local day schools. During the 1960s, a period when sexual and physical abuse was a widespread problem at the school, a school supervisor was dismissed for mistreatment of students. The school closed in 1969. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Catholic Church

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Alternate Name(s)

Kamsack
St-Phillipe
St. Philip
St. Phillip's

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Location

"Point is on the site of the main building of the St. Philip's Residential School. The building no longer exists but the remains of the foundation are still present" (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]