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Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center

The Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, was perhaps the most prominent Native American Boarding School. Between 1879 and 1919, thousands of Native Americans from around the country, representing a number of different tribes, attended Carlisle, where they experienced a curriculum and environment designed to forcibly assimilate them into white culture. Today, a group of librarians, faculty, and students at Dickinson College are working to digitize a number of materials related to the Carlisle Indian School, with the aim of helping researchers and members of the general public better understand the school and the experiences of individual students. Digitized items include official school records and material from the National Archive's Bureau of Indian Affairs papers. Visitors can browse or search through official student records, student photographs, letters, and digitized copies of school publications. One of these publications is The Indian Helper, the official newsletter of the school, which was often printed by students but authored by school officials, recruiters, and others. This publication is especially useful in providing visitors with a glimpse into the the motivations and attitudes of school officials.
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October 21st, 2016
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October 14th, 2016 at 1:25pm
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October 14th, 2016 at 4:14pm
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