Analyze the Dawes General Allotment Act 1887 (138M Indigenous acres in 1887 reduced to 48M by 1934 = 65% loss) + Carlisle Indian Industrial School 1879 founded by Richard Pratt + 'Kill the Indian, save the man' July 4 1892 + 408 federal boarding schools 1819-1969 (Newland 2022 US DOI Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative) — named as cultural genocide per current historiography
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~4 min
hist.g8.f.ex_48
Short Answer
Prompt
When was Carlisle Indian Industrial School founded + by whom?
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Answer criteria
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- 1879 Carlisle PA (former US Cavalry barracks)
- Capt. Richard Henry Pratt (US Cavalry Civil War + Indian Wars veteran)
- First class arrived Oct 6 1879: 82 children from Lakota + Cheyenne + Kiowa nations
Hints
- First federal off-reservation Indigenous boarding school.
- Model for 408 federal boarding schools 1819-1969 per Newland 2022.
Misconceptions to watch
- Confusing Carlisle with later reservation boarding schools
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