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This Day in Minnesota History

January 3, 1989

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Charlotte Day, founder of the Red School House (St. Paul), dies. A member of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe, Day founded the school to meet the needs of Native American children, teaching Native languages and culture as well as English reading and math skills in Native contexts.

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