Richard Henry Pratt and his Carlile Indian Industrial School set the standard for Indian assimilation in America and Canada.

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A group of students pose on the steps of a building on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School grounds. An accompanying caption reads, “Piegan from Blackfeet Agency, Montana, entered Carlisle in ...

Native American boarding school funding under scrutiny in lawsuit The lawsuit filed by the Wichita and Washoe tribes demands an accounting of an estimated $23.3 billion in misappropriated funds.

THE CARLISLE INDIAN SCHOOL. Share full article. June 2, 1882. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from June 2, 1882, Page 1 Buy Reprints.