This photograph shows the girls basketball team at Pierre Indian School in South Dakota.
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This photograph shows the girls basketball team at Pierre Indian School in South Dakota.
This primary source comes from the Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
National Archives Identifier: 285405
Full Citation: Photograph 75-PI(PHO)-11; Girls First Basketball Team; 1925 – 1926 ; Decimal Correspondence, 2/14/1926 – 1956; Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Record Group 75; National Archives at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO. [Online Version, https://docsteach.org/document/girls-first-basketball-team/, January 16, 2026]
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