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Nov 1, 2022 · The Carlisle Indian Industrial School opened in 1879 under the direction of Captain Richard Henry Pratt. Funded by the United States government, the school was a model for many other boarding schools for Native American children.
Aug 28, 2021 · The entire system of Indian boarding schools has long been condemned by Native Americans as a form of cultural genocide. The students of the Carlisle Indian School are amassed on the grounds of ...
Archives & Special Collections Waidner-Spahr Library Dickinson College P.O. Box 1773 Carlisle, PA 17013 717-245-1399 cisproject@dickinson.edu
A booklet of information and photographs assembled by the Carlisle Indian School for their 23rd year, circa 1902. Includes a short history of the school and the town and school demographic information. Includes pictures of arriving students, students during classroom and extracurricular activities, the buildings on campus, farmwork….
Feb 10, 2017 · The Carlisle Indian Industrial School opened in 1879 and operated for nearly 30 years with a mission to “kill the Indian” to “save the Man.” This philosophy meant administrators forced students to speak English, wear Anglo-American clothing, and act according to U.S. values and culture.
Aug 16, 2017 · On August 7, 2017, the U.S. Army began exhuming the graves of three children from the Northern Arapaho tribe who had died at Pratt’s Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the 1880s. The children ...
About CISP. We aim to create a collaborative, sustainable legacy honoring the achievements, struggles, and contributions of the students who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and to bring awareness to the general public of the far-reaching impact of the boarding school era’s goals of education and assimilation. The Carlisle ...
