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Photo of girls showing their handiwork at St. Benedict's Mission School.

Photo of six girls posed with basketball labelled W.E.I.S. 1917

Photo of three men seated in front of White Earth school and church. The early log school building is visible on the right,

Students seated in classroom with a Sister in the background

Photo of Sisters posed with child, likely an Ojibwe orphan.

During the summer of 1890, the bricks for this four-story building were made near the mission and in the winter months, the lumber and other materials were gathered. Two years later, February 10, 1892, the school was opened for 100 children with the…

Photo of children near school bus in White Earth, MN.Bus driver: Rev. Constantine Thelen, OSB, a brother to Rev. Valerian Thelen, OSB.

Photo of brick school building on White Earth reservation, with unidentified children.

Photo of female students on the lawn outside the mission school at White Earth.