St. Boniface Indian School

St. Boniface Indian School was a Roman Catholic American Indian School in Banning, California.

It belonged to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Monterey-Los Angeles. It opened in 1890, providing vocational education to Cahuilla, Serrano, Luiseño, Kumeyaay, and other American Indians.

The school had a forced Americanization program that was to make students follow Euro-American culture. There is a cemetery that has graves of deceased students.

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