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Inside Colorado’s lesser-known Native American boarding schools that operated in metro Denver

So-called “industrial schools” in Denver, Golden served to culturally assimilate Indigenous children

Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center, foreground, in Golden on June 14, 2024. The Colorado State Industrial School for Boys, considered one of Colorado's Indian boarding schools, operated at this site as a youth detention center from 1890 to 1926. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center, foreground, in Golden on June 14, 2024. The Colorado State Industrial School for Boys, considered one of Colorado’s Indian boarding schools, operated at this site as a youth detention center from 1890 to 1926. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
Sam Tabachnik - Staff portraits at ...Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
By | stabachnik@denverpost.com | The Denver Post and | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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The Good Shepherd school, founded in Denver nearly 140 years ago, was one of nine federally funded Native American boarding and day schools that once operated in Colorado, according to the state.
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