IRSHDC : School : St. Paul's (AB) [18835]

St. Paul's Residential School, Blood Reserve, Alberta (ca.1930). Source: Courtesy of Glenbow Library and Archives Collection, Libraries and Cultural Resources Digital Collections, University of Calgary.

St. Paul's (AB)

Dates of Operation

1893 - June 30, 1975

Description

St. Paul’s residential school opened on Big Island in the Belly River in 1889, south of Cardston. A 1908 federal government report described the St. Paul’s school as “quite unfit for the purpose it is being used for.” A 1930 report said the boys were being worked like “slaves” while in 1948 the local Indian Superintendent said that he could not take runaways back to the school since they were better off at home. In 1969 the federal government took over the administration of the school and in 1975 the residence was closed and the school transferred to the local First Nation. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Anglican Church of Canada

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Alternate Name(s)

Anglican Indian Residential School at Cardston Alberta
Blood
Blood (St. Paul's) Boarding School
Blood Church of England Indian Residential School
Girls' Home
Kissok
Kissok Home
Mr. Swainson's Boarding School
Reverend Mr. Swainson's Home
St. Paul
St. Paul Student Residence
St. Paul's Boarding School
St. Paul's Boys' Home
St. Paul's Home
St. Paul's Home for Indian Girls
St. Paul's Hostel
St. Paul's Indian Residential School
St. Paul's Mission Anglican Boarding School
St. Paul's Student Residence
Swainson
Swainson's

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Map Information

Location

First location, 1893-1925: "Point is on the site of first location of the St. Paul's (Blood Church of England) Indian Residential School, that was at this location from 1893-1925. The school grounds were located on an island opposite from the Blood Agency" (Orlandini, 2019).

Second location, 1925-1975: "Point is on the main school building of the St. Paul's Residential School, that was at this site from 1925 to 1975. The residential school was located on Section 23, Township 3, Range 26, 4th Meridian. The building and property currently (2018) houses the St. Paul's Treatment Centre" (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]