original albuquerque indian boarding school established in 1881 at duranes new mexico territory scope and content this is one of a small collection of photographs of the albuquerque indian school which was established in 1881 to provide off reservation industrial training to the indians of the southwest by 1912 the school had 8 primary grades and over 300 students by 1925 enrollment increased to over 800 students and grades 11 and 12 were added the albuquerque indian school continued operating until 1982 when its program was transferred to the santa fe indian school w5t6dx.jpg from john hunter albuquerque new mexico【555br org】 ezh View Photo