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    Fort Sill Indian School was an American Indian boarding school near Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, United States. The school opened in 1871, with 24...
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    Fort Sill is a United States Army post north of Lawton, Oklahoma, about 85 miles (137 km) southwest of Oklahoma City. It covers almost 94,000 acres (38...
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  • The Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma is the federally recognized Native American tribe of Chiricahua Warm Springs Apache in Oklahoma. The Fort Sill Apache...
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    Mennonites from 1881 to 1902 Fort Sill Indian School (originally known as Josiah Missionary School), near Fort Sill, Indian Territory, opened in 1871 by the...
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    South Fort Shaw Indian School, Fort Shaw, Montana Fort Sill Indian School (originally known as Josiah Missionary School), near Fort Sill, Indian Territory...
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  • in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, from 1938 to 1940. In 1940, instructors and students from Phoenix Indian School, Phoenix, Arizona, traveled to Fort Sill to study...
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    Fort Sill was established in 1869 after the American Civil War and commanded by Major General Philip Sheridan. He was leading a campaign in Indian Territory...
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    north-west of Lawton. He attended Fort Sill Indian School as a child. While a high school student at the Haskell Indian School in Lawrence, Kansas, he constantly...
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    Geronimo (category Native Americans imprisoned at Fort Marion)
    later, the Indian Office provided Geronimo for use in a parade at the second inauguration of President Theodore Roosevelt. He died at the Fort Sill hospital...
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    Quanah Parker (category Native American tribal government officials in Indian Territory)
    another band. Quanah Parker surrendered to Mackenzie and was taken to Fort Sill, Indian Territory where he led the Comanches successfully for a number of...
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