Cumberland County, United States
Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Cumberland County, United States
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The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was an American Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, in Cumberland County, founded in 1879 at the historic Carlisle Barracks. It was the flagship Indian boarding school in the United States until it closed in 1918, and over 7,800 children from 140 Native American tribes were enrolled there. The property is now part of the U.S. Army War College, and the site is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a National Historic Landmark.
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- American Indian boarding school
- Heritage
- National Register of Historic Places listed place, National Historic Landmark
- Place
- Cumberland County, United States
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