Legacy
The Carlisle School has a mixed legacy of educational ideals and controversy. It was a model for other Indian boarding schools, of which the government founded 26 by 1902. More than 450 were set up by Christian missionaries. These were established in years in which Quakers and missionaries led efforts for education of formerly marginalized populations: they founded schools in the rural South for basic and college education of African Americans, and the nation was concerned with educating and assimilating the millions of new European immigrants arriving in northern and midwestern industrial cities.
Many Native Americans are bitter about the deracination that took place at the Indian boarding schools, and the experiences suffered by children taken from their families. Others appreciate the chances their ancestors got for education, having heard positive stories in their family traditions. In 2000 the Cumberland County 250th Anniversary Committee worked with Native Americans from numerous tribes and non-natives to organize a Powwow on Memorial Day: to commemorate the Carlisle Indian School, the students, and their history in all its aspects.
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