Carlisle Indian Industrial School

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The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was a late 19th- and early 20th-century U.S. boarding school for Native American children, notorious for its assimilationist policies and influential football program.

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School canonical 3

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instanceOf Native American boarding school
off-reservation boarding school
burialSiteOf Native American children who died at the school
closed 1918
commemoratedBy Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center NERFINISHED
Carlisle Indian School cemetery NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States
dissolved 1918
educationalPhilosophy assimilationist
educationType academic instruction
industrial education
vocational training
foundedBy Richard Henry Pratt NERFINISHED
founder Richard Henry Pratt NERFINISHED
hasNotableAlumnus Carlos Montezuma NERFINISHED
Charles Albert Bender NERFINISHED
Frank Mount Pleasant NERFINISHED
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin NERFINISHED
Jim Thorpe NERFINISHED
Luther Standing Bear NERFINISHED
Moses Yellow Horse NERFINISHED
hasNotableCoach Glenn Scobey Warner NERFINISHED
Pop Warner NERFINISHED
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
listed on the National Register of Historic Places
inception 1879
inspired other off-reservation Indian boarding schools
knownFor cultural assimilation policies
forced removal of Native children from families
innovative football strategies
military-style discipline
suppression of Native languages
use of the forward pass in football
languagePolicy English-only instruction
locatedIn Cumberland County, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
Pennsylvania
location Carlisle, Pennsylvania NERFINISHED
motto Kill the Indian, save the man
notableProgram Carlisle Indians football team NERFINISHED
occupiesFormer Carlisle Barracks NERFINISHED
opened 1879
operatedBy Bureau of Indian Affairs NERFINISHED
United States federal government NERFINISHED
partOf United States Indian boarding school system NERFINISHED
prohibited use of Native languages by students
religiousPolicy Christianization of students
studentPopulation Alaska Native children
Native American children
usedFor assimilation of Native American children

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Pop Warner coachedAt Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Charles Albert Bender education Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Jim Thorpe educatedAt Carlisle Indian Industrial School