Sir Henry Wellcome Collection. 1856 - 1936. Photographs of the Inhabitants of Metlakatla, British Columbia and Metlakatla, Alaska

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Sir Henry Wellcome Collection. 1856 - 1936. Photographs of the Inhabitants of Metlakatla, British Columbia and Metlakatla, Alaska

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National Archives at Seattle

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Carlisle Indian Industrial School (Carlisle, Pa.)

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The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the brainchild of a young lieutenant of the 10th United States (U.S.) Cavalry, Richard Henry Pratt. Lieutenant Pratt had great sympathy for the misery of the Indian, even while he was engaged in subduing the hostile tribes of the West. He became convinced that the solution to the Indian uprisings lay in the education of the Indian rather than in further bloodshed. No public schools allowed Indian students, but Pratt, with the help of influential sympathi...

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