Carlisle Indian Industrial School

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf private school
gptkbp:affiliatedWith United States Army War College (after closure)
gptkbp:architecturalStyle 19th-century institutional
gptkbp:burialGrounds Native American children cemetery
gptkbp:closed 1918
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:established 1879
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Richard_Henry_Pratt
gptkbp:historicalSignificance first off-reservation boarding school for Native Americans
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Carlisle Indian Industrial School
gptkbp:legacy controversial for forced assimilation and abuse
gptkbp:location gptkb:Carlisle,_Pennsylvania
gptkbp:mediaType subject of books, documentaries, and academic studies
gptkbp:motto "Kill the Indian, Save the Man"
gptkbp:notableAlumni gptkb:Jim_Thorpe
gptkb:Albert_Exendine
gptkb:Frank_Mount_Pleasant
gptkb:John_Levi
gptkb:Louis_Tewanima
gptkb:William_Henry_Dietz
gptkbp:numberOfStudents over 10,000 Native American children
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_government
gptkbp:purpose assimilation of Native American children
gptkbp:sportsTeam gptkb:Carlisle_Indians_football_team
gptkbp:type federal Indian boarding school
gptkbp:website gptkb:U.S._Army_War_College
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jim_Thorpe
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5