"When the Sherman Institute opened in Riverside in 1902, its mission was straightforward—to assimilate Native American children of all ages by eradicating their culture and training them to become laborers and domestics. More than 100 years later, however, Sherman Indian High School has become a boarding school devoted to honoring native cultures while preparing American Indian teens for college and careers.

The school’s evolution has been a fertile area of research for faculty and students in UC Riverside’s American Indian Studies program. They will share their findings on May 11 during a day-long Research Symposium at Costo Library to commemorate the 20th anniversary of UCR’s American Indian Studies Program."

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UC Riverside Celebrates 20 Years of American Indian Studies with a Look at Sherman Institute (UCR Today 4/24)