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Carlisle Indian Industrial School
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/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
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