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The United States Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, generally known as Carlisle Indian Industrial School, was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States from its founding in 1879 through 1918.
Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.
In September, the remains of three children who died at Carlisle were disinterred and returned to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in Montana. At least 973 Native American children died at government-funded Indian boarding schools that operated for more than 150 years, according to an Interior Department investigation.
It was the first school of its type and became a template for a network of government-backed Native American boarding schools that ultimately expanded to at least 37 states and territories. “About 7,800 children from more than 140 tribes were sent to Carlisle — stolen from their families, their tribes and their homelands.
With the permission of Secretary of the Interior Carl Schurz, Pratt was allowed to open the first government-sponsored American Indian boarding school, the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, that year. [11] [12] The Carlisle Indian Industrial School's outing program started in 1880. [13]
In December, Biden announced the creation of the Carlisle Indian Boarding School National Monument, which will share the story of the thousands of Native children, their families and communities ...
This is an alphabetical list of Native American boarding schools. ... Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, [18] open 1879–1918. [19]
PHOTO: Elementary school class of Indian students with botanical specimens at United States Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1901. (Boarding school for Native American students, founded in ...