IRSHDC : School : Regina (SK) [2131]

R-A2501-Regina Indian Industrial School (1904). Source: Provincial Archives of Saskatchewan R-A2501

Regina (SK)

Dates of Operation

April 15, 1891 - March 31, 1910

Description

The Regina Industrial School was opened in 1890, in what is now the province of Saskatchewan. Indian Affairs put pressure on band chiefs to send their children to the school. A 1904 study showed that on a per person basis, twice as much was being spent on food for teachers as for students, and that, at a time when the school had a deficit, the principal was supplying himself with luxury foods. The poor conditions at the school led to a continued low enrollment. The school was closed in 1910. (National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation)

Denomination

Presbyterian Church

More Information

Alternate Name(s)

Regina Indian Residential School
Regina Industrial School

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Map Information

Location

"Point is on the site of the former residential building that burnt down in 1948. The only feature of the school that remains is the cemetery at 50.468522, -104.709420. The site is now the Paul Dojack Youth Detention Centre" (Orlandini, 2019).

Location Credit

National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. 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]