Carlisle Indian School
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Social Issues, Reform, and Protest
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American History 1901-1950, American History 1878-1900, American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Pennsylvania
- Date: 1879-1918
Article abstract: The Carlisle Indian School sought to assimilate Indian children into white society; it served as a model for many other Indian boarding schools.
In 1879, a U.S. military officer, Captain Richard Henry Pratt, opened a school for Indians in a military barracks in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Pratt belonged to a generation of policy-makers working for what many believed to be a more humane, progressive approach to Indian policy. Unlike many of his predecessors, Pratt believed that Indian people were capable of being transformed into the European...
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