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By Shane Oliver, October 30, 2021
Jim Thorpe Marker
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| On High Street (U.S. 11), on the right when traveling east. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m16091) HM |
| | This school was the model for a nationwide system of boarding schools intended to assimilate American Indians into mainstream culture. Over 10,000 indigenous children attended the school between 1879 and 1918. Despite idealistic beginnings, the . . . — — Map (db m30289) HM |
| | Buried here are the Indians who died while attending the Carlisle Indian School (1879-1918). The original Indian cemetery was located to the rear of the grandstand on Indian Field. In 1931 the graves were transferred to this site. — — Map (db m30290) HM |
May. 5, 2024
