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Title	Cherokee Boarding School cottage
Creator	unknown
Medium of Original	photographs
Dimensions	4.25" x 5.25"
Description	This undated photograph shows the Home Economics cottage on the campus of the Cherokee Boarding School. A school for the Eastern Band was instituted as a boarding and day school in 1884 and was operated for its first twelve years by the Society of Friends (Quakers). The school provided academic classes, like English and arithmetic, in the morning. The arts, crafts, and vocational training were taught in the afternoons. Domestic skills such as cooking, baking, sewing, and needlework were taught to girls; boys received training in agriculture, livestock management, industrial arts, smithing, and carpentry. In 1896, the school came under the direct supervision of the federal government. By the time this photograph was taken, the school had come to teach more academic classes and, in 1954, the school was changed from a boarding school to a day school. The name of the photographer who captured this shot is unknown.
Subject	Schools -- North Carolina -- Cherokee Indian Reservation
Local Subject	community
Location	Cherokee Indian Reservation (N.C.)
Source Institution	Museum of the Cherokee
Collection	Photograph Collection
Inventory Number	MCI_CH_726_A
Copyright Information	All rights reserved. For permissions and use, contact Museum of the Cherokee Indian, Cherokee, NC 28719
Digital Publisher	Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

Cherokee Boarding School cottage