Wingate High School is a Native American high school in unincorporated McKinley County, New Mexico, operated by the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE).
[3] In 1973 the BIA closed Manuelito Hall, a dormitory in Gallup, New Mexico which housed Native American students attending public schools.
[4] Since a 1998 U.S. Supreme Court ruling, New Mexico state law enforcement authorities no longer have jurisdiction at the school.
In 2003 the BIE selected Wingate as one of several schools to have replacement buildings.
[6] As of 1956[update] the dormitory is a former military barracks that also houses students at Wingate Elementary.