Indian Mission School, also known as the

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Indian Center, is a historic school building located in Millsboro,

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. It was built in about 1948, after the original school was destroyed by fire. It is a one-story,

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ed masonry building with a

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. It features a concrete block covered entrance. The school was organized after school reforms of the early 20th century mandated that the children of the strongly Native American families of the

be placed in the same schools as African-American students. It was added to the

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in 1979.

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Nanticoke Indian Center website
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Delaware Schools in Sussex County, Delaware School buildings completed in 1948 Nanticoke Native American history of Delaware National Register of Historic Places in Sussex County, Delaware Millsboro, Delaware {{Delaware-school-stub

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