industrial school
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“Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate expected Amos to return home from Carlisle Indian Industrial School,” they wrote, “to lead his people like his father and serve as a model for future generations of Tribal leaders.”
From Seattle Times
This harrowing childhood is recounted in the first episode of a new podcast, “Unreformed: The Story of the Alabama Industrial School for Negro Children,” which is written and hosted by Josie Duffy Rice, a journalist who studies the criminal justice system.
From Washington Post
The site of the former Genoa Indian Industrial School in central Nebraska is among former Native boarding school locations where work continues to locate graves.
From Seattle Times
The Genoa Indian Industrial School opened in 1884 and at its height was home to nearly 600 students.
From Washington Times
At age 9, her father’s father was sent to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, which Jim Thorpe also attended, less than 30 miles from where she sits.
From Washington Post
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