<P> In 1634 , Fr . Andrew White of the Society of Jesus established a mission in what is now the state of Maryland , and the purpose of the mission , stated through an interpreter to the chief of a Native American tribe there , was `` to extend civilization and instruction to his ignorant race , and show them the way to heaven . '' The mission 's annual records report that by 1640 , they had founded a community they named St. Mary 's , and Native Americans were sending their children there `` to be educated among the English '' , including the daughter of the Pascatoe chief Tayac . This was either a school for girls , or an early co-ed school . The same records report that in 1677 , `` a school for humanities was opened by our Society in the centre of ( Maryland ) , directed by two of the Fathers ; and the native youth , applying themselves assiduously to study , made good progress . Maryland and the recently established school sent two boys to St. Omer who yielded in abilities to few Europeans , when competing for the honour of being first in their class . So that not gold , nor silver , nor the other products of the earth alone , but men also are gathered from thence to bring those regions , which foreigners have unjustly called ferocious , to a higher state of virtue and cultivation . '' </P>
<P> In 1634 , Fr . Andrew White of the Society of Jesus established a mission in what is now the state of Maryland , and the purpose of the mission , stated through an interpreter to the chief of a Native American tribe there , was `` to extend civilization and instruction to his ignorant race , and show them the way to heaven . '' The mission 's annual records report that by 1640 , they had founded a community they named St. Mary 's , and Native Americans were sending their children there `` to be educated among the English '' , including the daughter of the Pascatoe chief Tayac . This was either a school for girls , or an early co-ed school . The same records report that in 1677 , `` a school for humanities was opened by our Society in the centre of ( Maryland ) , directed by two of the Fathers ; and the native youth , applying themselves assiduously to study , made good progress . Maryland and the recently established school sent two boys to St. Omer who yielded in abilities to few Europeans , when competing for the honour of being first in their class . So that not gold , nor silver , nor the other products of the earth alone , but men also are gathered from thence to bring those regions , which foreigners have unjustly called ferocious , to a higher state of virtue and cultivation . '' </P>
when was the first native american boarding school opened
when was the first native american boarding school opened
1640
1640