Fort Lewis College evolved out of one such federally funded school, transforming from the Fort Lewis Army Post in 1878 to a federal Indian boarding school in 1891 to a high school in 1911 to a ...

Both attended the Fort Shaw Indian School, a boarding school just west of Great Falls run by the federal government from 1892 to 1910. The trauma associated with that school was passed down to Webber.

History Colorado found at least 65 children died at Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School and the Grand Junction Indian Boarding School, also known as the Teller Institute.