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Crowstand Indian Residential School (IRS) was located on the Cote Reserve 45 miles northeast of Yorkton in the district of Assiniboia nearby the Manitoba border. It operated from 1889 - 1915 (27 years) under Presbyterian Church administration.
Other names identifying the residential school include Crowstand Boarding School (1889 - 1915), Crowstand Mission School (1893 - 1911); Crow Stand Presbyterian Boarding School (1895); and Crowstand Indian Boarding School (1900 - 1915).
The Government of Canada was responsible for funding, which was managed and operated by the Presbyterian Church of Canada Foreign Mission Committee (1890 - 1912) and the Board of Home Missions (1912 - 1915).
No information is available regarding operational agreements with the federal government.
Primary and elementary grades were taught from 1889 - 1915.
No information is available indicating which communities the students came from.
Student enrolment statistics are available for every year in operation. The low enrolment mark of 28 was in 1896/97, and the high enrolment mark of 58 was in 1908/09.
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