Indian Mission School

SC-283:

The Nanticoke Indian Tribe established Indian Mission School on this site in the 1920s. Tribal members built and operated a one-room school to educate Nanticoke students in grades 1-8. In 1948, the original wood-framed structure burned in a fire and was replaced with a stuccoed masonry building. Students continued attending the school through the 1961-1962 school year. Some graduates attended the Haskell Institute, an Indian boarding school, in Lawrence, Kansas. After the Indian Mission School closed, the building became the Nanticoke Indian Tribal Center, the administrative and cultural center of the Nanticoke Indian Association.

Installed in 2021.

Sponsors:

The Honorable Gerald W. Hocker, Delaware State Senate, 2021.

The Honorable Richard “Rich” G. Collins, Delaware State Senate, 2021.

The Honorable Ruth Briggs King, Delaware State House of Representtatives, 2021.

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