Tomah Indian Industrial School

The Tomah Indian School opened in 1893 with 6 students and closed in 1941. A fire in 1922 is said to have destroyed the student records up to that time.

Report of School at Tomah Wisconsin 1896.

Annual Report of the Commissioner of Education volume 2 Education Report 1899-1900

The 1900 Federal Census showed no students from Michigan.

The following children were listed as at the Tomah School, Wisconsin on the Durant Roll – 1908

Name /age/Durant roll number

Blackbird, Alice age 7 #857

Blackbird, Clara age 9 # 856

Chingwash, Daisy age 18 #4529

Chippeway, Louisa age 16 #1377

Davis, William age 12 #1787

Kijigopenasey, Paul age 19 #3171

Meme, Daisy age 18 #4529

Odaymin, Mary age 15 #4924

Shagonaby, Matthew age 26 #6204

Shingowkose, Charles age 17 #6112

Smith, James age 11 #6087

Thompson, Edna age 10 #6724

White, Jesse age 9 #7253

Willis, Isaac age 12 #7036

1910 Federal Census - there is at least one student from Michigan on each page.

Postcard dated 1919 from Columbia University Library

The National Archives at Chicago has records of the Tomah School.