A Seventh-day Adventist Boarding Academy Serving Native American Youth Since 1946
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From Paris to Holbrook
his semester, we received a pleasant surprise at Holbrook Indian School (HIS). A group of girls from the French boarding school Maisons d’Education de La Légion d’Honneur (Education Houses of the Légion of Honor) graced our campus on October 22. Their website states, “According to the statutes of the institution, the educational houses of the Légion of Honor of Loges (college) and Saint-Denis (high school and post-baccalaureate) are reserved for the daughters, granddaughters, and great-granddaughters of decorated French and foreign students: the Order of the Légion of Honor, of the Military Medal, and of the National Order of
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Merit.” Originally, however, the school was founded by Napoleon in 1805 for the education of poor girls and war orphans. The high school located in Saint Denis was created later, in 1809. Seventeen girls and three chaperones visited our little school in the desert during their trek to the United States to learn about and celebrate the bicentenary birthday of French geologist Jules Marcou. Fun fact: Marcou was a close childhood friend of the French biologist, Louis Pasteur! Practically unknown in France, Marcou came to the United States to work at Harvard University in Massachusetts. During 1853-1854, Marcou was chosen to work on the Whipple Expedition for the