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Chilocco alumni stories - a site for good stories about a Carlisle sibling school.

Visit Cumberland County - Carlisle is the county seat - what to do, what to see...where to go!

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.

Thorpe is not the only famous athlete from the Carlisle Indian School. Great Athletes Passed Through the Indian School introduces some of the other Carlisle greats.

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

Many other off-rez schools sprouted up across the United States, modeled after Carlisle. Here are some pages representing those schools:

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.


Some songs from the Carlisle Indian School have been transcribed and recorded by Mohican composer, Brent Michael Davids. Davids' new web pages feature his latest projects, reviews, performances and downloadable MP3's.	Brent Michael Davids

November is Native American Indian & Alaska Native Heritage Month. Check the N.A.I.A.N. Calendar of Events for listings of activities in the greater Washington DC metropolitan area.

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.

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.

Ron Halfmoon's Sweat House Chatter - a great place to visit for some sane (sage?) advice. Often includes issue-oriented news including the latest going's-on at Chemawa.

"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.

(ANA) The Administration for Native Americans promotes the goal of social and economic self-sufficiency of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders, including Native Samoans.

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.

A searchable archives is housed at the Association for Studies in American Indian Literature (ASAIL) "The purpose of the organization shall be to promote study, criticism, and research on the oral traditions and written literatures of Native Americans; to promote the teaching of such traditions and literatures; and to support and encourage contemporary Native American writers and the continuity of Native oral traditions." --ASAIL By-laws, 4 January 1991

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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