Forced labor by Ute students included “the most distasteful drudgery”
Boarding schools’ reliance on child labor left students with “irrelevant” skills, federal officials now concede, “further disrupting tribal economies.”
(Uintah County Regional History Center) The Uintah Boarding School in Whiterocks is seen in this photo from about 1912. Laundry and farm outbuildings are visible behind the three main school and dormitory buildings in front.