![]() ![]() Cutting off the hair was done in many tribes when a relative died. Students had to drop their Indian names, they could not speak their languages, clothing was burned and long hair was cut off. ![]() Carlisle provided vocational and manual training but systematically stripped away tribal culture. Training and Industrial School was founded in 1879 at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania. Carlisle, Flandreau, Hampton, Haskell Institute and others were built. By 1900, thousands were studying at 154 boarding schools in the United States alone. Pratt, the head master and founder of Carlisle Boarding School.īeginning in 1887, the government tried to ‘civilize’ Native Americans by educating young children. Every Indian has heard, ‘Kill the Indian, and Save the Man,’ or ‘the Only Good Indian is a Dead Indian.’ Both were uttered by Capt. ![]()
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