Wittenberg Indian School

History
Wittenberg School was established in 1886 by the Norwegian Evangelical Church of America. It was transferred to government oversight in 1895 and continued to operate under their supervision until 1917, when its students were transferred to Oneida. In 1899, Wittenberg had 140 students and 4 staff.

Records
Administrative records of Wittenberg School are included in the holdings of the Great Lakes Regional Archives of the National Archives and Records Administration in Chicago. Among these records are rosters of employees of the school for 1895-1909, but no pupil files are mentioned in their inventory of records.

Microfilm copies of ...Narrative and Statistical Reports... for the Wittenberg School are included in National Archives Microcopy M1011, Roll 170, available in the National Archives system and in the collections of the Family History Library in Salt Lake City (their microfilm number 1724388).