She established a boarding school at Ville-Marie, so that more affluent girls would not have to travel to Quebec for their education. She also established a school devoted to needle-work and other practical, artisan occupations for women in Pointe-Saint-Charles. Other members of the Congregation founded smaller schools in places such as Lachine, Pointe-aux-Trembles, Batiscan and Champlain. In 1678, Bourgeoys reached out to Catholic Native communities, setting up a small school in the Iroquois village of "la Montagne" (Montreal), made up primarily of converted Mohawk and other Iroquois peoples.