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Item R-A4009 - Cote Indian Day School (1938). Source: Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan R-A4009.

 

Cote Improved Federal Day School (SK)

Dates of Operation
September 1, 1928 - June 30, 1940
Description
When the Crowstand Presbyterian school was closed in 1915, it was replaced by the Cote Improved Federal Day School. It was operated by the Presbyterian Church, and, after 1925, by the United Church. Following pressure from the United Church, in 1928 the federal government constructed a dormitory at the school to house students from Mondays to Fridays. In 1932 the accommodation at in the dormitory was judged to be inadequate. The following year, the government cut its food grant to the school. The number of students who boarded at the school fluctuated between four and eight. The dormitory was closed in 1940. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)
Denomination
Presbyterian Church, United Church of Canada

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Alternate Name(s)
Cote Improved Day School
Cote Indian Day School
School #604
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Location
"Point is on the approximate location (within 50 metres) of the Cote Improved Federal Day School. It was located west of the main north/south road in Badgerville. A cemetery is located nearby at 51.647972, -101.907111" (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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