Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Difference between revisions
imported>RangerMan No edit summary |
imported>Rangerkid51 No edit summary |
||
| Line 31: | Line 31: | ||
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. | ||
==See also== | |||
*[[Canadian Indian residential school system]] | |||
[[Category:Early Modern Villains]] | [[Category:Early Modern Villains]] | ||