Indian boarding schools, established in the late 19th century, took many children away from family and home during the 1920s and 1930s. Despite of the difficulties of attending such schools, young men who had attended them found the transition into the CCC to be easier than it was for many of their white counterparts who had never been away from home. In this picture, a group of boys from the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe are preparing to leave for the Indian School in Pipestone, Minnesota.
Creator: Zula Corning
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1940
Identifer: location E97.33 r50
