Missing files? Serious case of immorality reported to the police, April 28, 1922. …Saskatchewan was recovering Wednesday from the fierce blizzard that swept the prairies Monday, but the mercury had skidded far down the tube to the lowest point in weeks. Gordon started out to search for the boy Tuesday morning, and in the afternoon found the frozen body in the woods a mile from home and seven miles from the school.” “Neither young Gordon’s parents nor police knew of his disappearance from school until visitors brought news to Mr.
Leaderpost, Regina, Wednesday March 15, 1939: Article regarding freezing death of Andrew Gordon. The school was destroyed by fire on Februand reopened in 1930.Īn account of the freezing death of Andrew Gordon The Anglican Church continued to provide chaplaincy into the 1990s. Gordon’s was later managed by the Indian and Eskimo Welfare Commission from 1946 to 1969, and by the Government of Canada from 1969 until its closure in 1996. Settee “a pure Indian, who is a clergyman of C.E.” Indian Affairs Annual Report, 1880 ), and expanded for boarders in 1888. who went to the Pas in 1880 and was replaced by Mr. It was located on the boundary of George Gordon Reserve (Treaty 4) as a Day School in 1876 (established by Rev.
The Gordon’s Indian Residential School (1888-1996) was managed by the Anglican Church of Canada from 1876 to 1946.