File:Indian students at the Industrial Boarding School, Puyallup Reservation, ca 1885 (MOHAI 7163).jpg

Starting in the middle of the 19th century, church groups and the United States Government set up boarding schools for Native Americans. Here, children from many tribes were taught how to speak English and how to make a living. They were separated from their elders, and were discouraged from learning tribal traditions and language. This photo by U.P. Hadley shows the buildings and students at the Industrial Boarding School on the Puyallup Reservation sometime between 1880 and 1889. The school opened in 1860. During the 1880s, a number of new buildings were added, and the school grew from 125 to about 200 pupils. Later called the Cushman School, it remained open until 1920. By that time, Native American children were permitted to attend local public schools.

Full title: Indian scholars at the Industrial Boarding School, Puyallup Reservation, W.T. Washington Territory.

• Subjects (LCTGM): Indians of North America--Washington (State); Industrial Boarding School (Puyallup Reservation, Wash." School children; Schools; Students