Carlisle Indian Industrial School

of the boarding school was to hasten the process of getting natives out in the world. In the film, it describes Pratt’s moto, “Kill the Indian, save the man”, is foundation of his intention of the Carlisle Industry Indian boarding school. His moto explains the destruction of Native American culture to make natives to become what he wants them to become. He believed this would make all natives alike and assimilate with whites. In addition, Pratt also mentioned “Emerging the Indian in our…

Sac-Fox Indian descent, and Charlotte View, of Potowatomi and Kickapoo descent. Jim Thorpe was baptized “Jacobus Franciscus Thorpe” in the Catholic Church. He was born in Indian Territory of the United States (Later Oklahoma) but no birth certificate was found. Jim’s parents were Roman Catholic, a faith which Thorpe observed throughout his adult life. He grew up with five siblings, although his twin brother, Charlie, died at the age of nine. Jim's athletic…

that it darkens the path of years that have since gone by. These sad memories rise above those of smoothly grinding school days.” This quotation depicts the emotions of many young Native American students that attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. The infamous boarding school was opened in 1880, to assimilate the Native people of the “white” country that was once theirs. Carlisle had a prodigious significance in the depreciation of the Native American culture. An abundance of…

We learned about the Native Americans in grade school, but I have come to know that we didn’t get the whole story or even the true one. My experience was amazing and I will have lifelong friends. Before we went on the 24 hour trip to Minnesota from University Park, we had a semester long course learning…

their way. Indians remain the main group effect due to so called destiny. About the time white men first…

attempts to leave their designated properties, Indians were attacked by marshals. There were also other significant issues with the plantation of the Native Americans on reservation land. Due to the law requiring them to reside only in one place, the indigenous communities were unable to follow the…

Government began making treaties with the Native Americans and the changing the terms of those treaties once the they had been agreed upon. In 1861, The U.S. Government made a treaty with the Navajo in 1851, which helped form the first Indian reservation. It was called Bosque Rondo, and was in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. What the Navajo didn’t know when agreeing to the treaty, is that they were essentially agreeing to them only having two options. Their options were extermination or reservations…

Native arts and culture in a sensitive and accurate way, while telling the story of American Indian people with art. I had no preconceived ideas about the museum, I knew a lot about Native Indians, First Nations peoples in certain tribes, but I also knew there is more to learn, therefore, like in any other new experience, I approached it with an open mind. As the tour began, it was explained that the Native Indians lands in Arizona once encompassed the entire state and more. However, their lands…

Because the first set schools were built on reservations, where Native children could still maintain contact with their families, reformers efforts seemed to be ineffective. That was until, “Capitan Henry Pratt founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, housed in an outdated and unused military barracks”(townsen375), away from the reservations that reformers began to make progress in…

groups have to constantly combat injustices. American Indians were displaced from their homes and completely taken advantage of by colonist and had to undergo a new reality. Their religion, education system, tribal customs, and languages were all destroyed. In 1960s, American Indians began the Red Power Movement where Native youth began fighting for their rights. One of the most influential social and historical movements for American Indians was the occupation of Alcatraz. It influenced other…