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Student Information Resources - For ordering searches, check into these links.

The Carlisle Indian School closed in August 1918. A catalyst for the demise of Carlisle was the Senate Investigation of 1913, precipated by Gus Welch's petitioning to look into the conditions of the school. It was Montreville Yuda who carried the petitions to the Senate. The entire hearings are found on line, in searchable format.

The Crow Tribe's Official Site includes the Apsaáalooke Nation Community links.

The Comanche Language and Cultural Preservation page is determined to restore the language to a living language.

Visit the Library of Congress' Resource pages about Indian Boarding Schools. Includes bibliography, lesson plans and valuable links to on-line resources.

National Geographic features an online article by Joe Bruchac about "American Indians reclaiming their place on the national stage." This site includes some great links.

Where did the names come from? How Indian boarding school children were sometimes given their names.

Search the American Native Press Archives for Carlisle Indian School newspaper references to former students, teachers, admininstrators, Indian policy-makers and others whose articles may have appeared in the school publications. This searchable bibliography offers extensive holdings that include publications from other Indian schools, journals, newspapers and monographs.

Dovie Thomason, Storyteller, has included a Carlisle Indian School story in her repertoire.

Dovie Thomason, Storyteller

If you are looking for good, authentic children's books that do not exploit Native Americans by presenting the same old tired stereotypes (and yes, folks this is STILL going on after decades of assimilationist policies) visit Oyate.

A few more Photographs of the Carlisle Indian School students.

Wotanging Ikche, Native News is a regularly published newspaper that features weekly transcriptons of the INDIAN HELPER'S, the four-page publications printed at the Carlisle Indian School. These papers provide a fascinating glimpse into the life of the school, as presented by the administrators, and namely, the Man-on-the-Band-Stand. Anyone interested in receiving the papers weekly, email Barb Landis to get on the list.

Some Carlisle students eventually made their way to Hollywood and into film careers. Their brief bios are among those listed in A Golden Quiver of Noted Native Americans from the Silent Era. Jim Thorpe, Isaac Johnnyjohn, William Malcolm Hazlett, Lillian "Red Wing" St. Cyr, Luther Standing Bear and Richard Davis Thunderbird.

"Edeghoyeneeghaaleedeneek" Koyukon Athabascan means "Take Care of Yourself". The Alaska Native Knowledge Network features a search component that will allow searches of Carlisle-related information. These pages are an excellent source for community-based culturally-responsive schools and communities.

The American Indian Institute was established at the University of Oklahoma in 1951 as a non-profit Indian service, training and research organization. Through its many education/training programs, workshops, conferences, research projects, technical assistance activities, and grant/contract-supported projects, the American Indian Institute works to assist Indian people in implementing the full extent of self-determination legislation.

For questions and answers about viruses, spyware, etc, visit "Virus Ed dot 101", an educational Q and A page designed and facilitated by one of the Landis children's favorite teachers, Ron Tregl. This award-winning site is a "must see" for educators, home schoolers and parents of school-ager children.

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