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Richard Henry Pratt
U.S. Army Captain and founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879), the model for the Indian boarding school system. Coined the phrase "Kill the Indian, save the man," the guiding philosophy behind forcibly removing over 100,000 Native children from their families to erase their cultures.
U.S. Army Captain and founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879), the model for the Indian boarding school system. Coined the phrase "Kill the Indian, save the man," the guiding philosophy behind forcibly removing over 100,000 Native children from their families to erase their cultures.
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Controversies & Concerns
Connected to 1 documented investigation
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Known Associates & Connections
Henry Dawes
Fellow architect of Native American assimilation policy
Dillon S. Myer
Later BIA Commissioner who continued boarding school legacy
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Education
Key Timeline
1879
Army Captain and founder of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879), the model for the Indian boarding school system