Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations staff pick who gained notoriety as an

who gained notoriety as an artist through his emotionally revealing portraits of his wife—work that is adoring

”―Dean Rader

and listlessness

her tragic murder resonates loudly today

original song written and performed by Robbie Robertson

Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Indigenous Histories, Memories, and Reclamations staff pick who gained notoriety as anThe Carlisle Indian School (18791918) was an audacious educational experiment. Capt. Richard Henry Pratt, the schools founder and first superintendent, persuaded the federal government that training Native children to accept the white mans ways and values would be more efficient than fighting deadly battles. The result was that the last Indian war would be waged against Native children in the classroom. More than 10,500 children from virtually every