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Nevada Indian Commission To Preserve Stewart Indian School

CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The Nevada Indian Commission is seeking to preserve the campus of a historic boarding school once used to assimilate Native American children.

KOLO-TV in Reno reports about 150 people toured Stewart Indian School on Saturday as part of a fundraiser for preservation efforts.

The federal government opened the off-reservation school in 1890 and closed it in 1980.

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Commission officials say more than 33,000 students came through the school in that 90-year span.

Commission executive director Sherry Rupert says students were forced to speak only English and forbidden from practicing any tribal traditions or ceremonies.