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|goals = Fully assimilate Native Americans into American society ( | |goals = Fully assimilate Native Americans into American society (truncated) | ||
|crimes = Forced assimilation<br>Cultural [[genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Psychological abuse | |crimes = Forced assimilation<br>Cultural [[genocide]]<br>[[Ethnic cleansing]]<br>Psychological abuse<br>[[Xenophobia]] | ||
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}}{{Quote|The civilizing process at Carlisle began with clothes. Whites believed the Indian children could not be civilized while wearing moccasins and blankets. Their hair was cut because in some mysterious way long hair stood in the path of our development. They were issued the clothes of white men. High collar stiff-bosomed shirts and suspenders fully three inches in width were uncomfortable. White leather boots caused actual suffering.|Luther Standing Bear, a student at Carlisle, describes life at the school.}} | }}{{Quote|The civilizing process at Carlisle began with clothes. Whites believed the Indian children could not be civilized while wearing moccasins and blankets. Their hair was cut because in some mysterious way long hair stood in the path of our development. They were issued the clothes of white men. High collar stiff-bosomed shirts and suspenders fully three inches in width were uncomfortable. White leather boots caused actual suffering.|[[Wikipedia:Luther Standing Bear|Luther Standing Bear]], a student at Carlisle, describes life at the school.}} | ||
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 1879 through 1918. It took over the historic Carlisle Barracks, which was transferred to the Department of Interior from the War Department. | 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 1879 through 1918. It took over the historic Carlisle Barracks, which was transferred to the Department of Interior from the War Department. | ||
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From 1879 until 1918, more than 10,000 Native American children from 140 tribes attended Carlisle. The school's 1911 Annual Report included the results of an employment survey of 532 graduates and 3619 other ex-students. Tribes with the largest number of students included the Lakota, Ojibwe, Cherokee, Apache, Cheyenne, Alaska Native, and Iroquois Seneca and Oneida. The Carlisle Indian School exemplified Progressive Era values. Some believed Carlisle provided an excellent education, while others have criticized it for continuing the process of eradicating Native American culture. | From 1879 until 1918, more than 10,000 Native American children from 140 tribes attended Carlisle. The school's 1911 Annual Report included the results of an employment survey of 532 graduates and 3619 other ex-students. Tribes with the largest number of students included the Lakota, Ojibwe, Cherokee, Apache, Cheyenne, Alaska Native, and Iroquois Seneca and Oneida. The Carlisle Indian School exemplified Progressive Era values. Some believed Carlisle provided an excellent education, while others have criticized it for continuing the process of eradicating Native American culture. | ||
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