Near Millsboro in Sussex County, Delaware — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

Indian Mission School

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022

1. Indian Mission School Marker

Inscription. The Nanticoke Indian Tribe established Indian Mission School on this site in the 1920s. Tribal members built and operated a one-room school to educate Nanticoke students in grades 1-8. In 1948, the original wood-framed structure burned in a fire and was replaced with a stuccoed masonry building. Students continued attending the school through the 1961-1962 school year. Some graduates attended the Haskell Institute, an Indian boarding school, in Lawrence, Kansas. After the Indian Mission School closed, the building became the Nanticoke Indian Tribal Center, the administrative and cultural center of the Nanticoke Indian Association.

Erected 2020 by Delaware Public Archives. (Marker Number SC-283.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Indigenous Peoples and Communities. In addition, it is included in the Delaware Public Archives series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1948.

Location. 38° 36.369′ N, 75° 12.702′ W. Marker is near Millsboro, Delaware, in Sussex County. It is on John J Williams Highway (Delaware Route 24) just east of Rosedale Way, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 27073 John J Williams Hwy, Millsboro DE 19966, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Delaware’s Beaches.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic

and on the Delmarva Peninsula.

Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region,

North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Netherland,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers

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are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: A different marker also named Harmony United Methodist Church (approx. 0.4 miles away); Rosedale Beach Hotel and Resort (approx. ¾ mile away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 1.2 miles away); Chair of Honor (approx. 1.2 miles away); Patton Medium Tank (approx. 1.2 miles away); Bullseye-Ferry Landing (approx. 1.7 miles away); Learning Garden (approx. 3 miles away); The Inland Dunes (approx. 3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Millsboro.

Other markers no longer nearby. Harmony United Methodist Church (was approx. 0.4 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it); Ancient Paths (was approx. ¾ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

The Nanticoke Indian Center, formerly the Indian Mission School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 14, 2022

2. The Nanticoke Indian Center, formerly the Indian Mission School

Credits. This page was last revised on January 15, 2022. It was originally submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 394 times since then and 18 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on January 15, 2022, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.