page_title: Indian Head, Saskatchewan
section_title: Education
hierarchical_section_title: Indian Head, Saskatchewan / Education
caption_attribution_description: English: The Public School building opened in 1901. The card is postmarked 1909. Other information In 1889, A.G. Orchard built a local Drug Store in Indian Head which he ran till he sold to Mr. Homer Robinson in 1926. The Public School building opened in 1901. The card is postmarked 1909.
context_page_description: Indian Head is a town in southeast Saskatchewan, Canada, 69 kilometres east of Regina on the Trans-Canada Highway. It "had its beginnings in 1882 as the first settlers, mainly of Scottish origin, pushed into the area in advance of the railroad, most traveling by ox-cart from Brandon." "Indian" refers to Aboriginal Canadians. The town is known for its federally operated experimental farm and tree nursery, which has produced and distributed seedlings for shelter belts since 1901. For many years the program was run by the Prairie Farm Rehabilitation Administration.
  Indian Head was incorporated as a town in 1902 and the Canadian Journal noted that the community was the largest point of initial shipment of wheat in the world. Today it is run by the Agroforestry Development Centre. Today the town "has a range of professional services and tradespeople, financial institutions, and a large number of retail establishments." The CBC television sitcom Little Mosque on the Prairie was partially filmed here.
context_section_description: The Indian Head High School hosts the Broncs athletic teams and is part of the Prairie Valley School Division No. 208 along with the Indian Head Elementary School.  Indian Head Elementary School features classes Pre-Kindergarten to Grade 6 with about 205 enrolled. The high school supports grades 7 to 12 with an enrollment of about 225 pupils.
  The Southeast Regional College has a district campus office located in Indian Head which will support grade 12 equivalency general education development, post-secondary classes supported by the University of Regina, University of Saskatchewan, SIAST and the Certified General Accountants Association.  Some post-secondary skills and career services are additionally available.
  Historically there were quite a number of one-room school houses in the area of Indian Head the first, Indian Head School District #49, was established in 1886. It was followed soon after by Wide Awake School District #54. Other schools were Sunny South School District #61, Katepwe School District #116, Rose Valley School District # 191 Fair Play School District #192, Blackwood School District #241, Flen Lynn School District #333 Burnsdale School District #777, Jubilee School District #1122, Interlake School District #1565, Sunny Slope School District #1843, Squirrel Hills School District #4058, Lake Marqerite School District #1237 and Spring Coulee School.
caption: Public school, Indian Head, 190-?.
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