<p>Our November episode of GirlSpeak honors US National Native American Heritage Month through exploring girls&#39; letters who attended Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School. Thousands of children were forced to attend these schools across North America for over 100 years. It is a heart-breaking and devastating history that is still very much alive today in the memories of many adults.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to the <a href="https://boardingschoolhealing.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition</a> for making these records available.</p><p>To learn more, here are the full digitized collection of records from the <a href="https://nibsda.elevator.umn.edu/search/s/3000035a-eef1-46d1-9de7-4d610e6951c2⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center</a>. </p><p>Abbie Somers: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/7414">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/7414</a></p><p>Ada Crouse: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/4805">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/4805</a></p><p>Agnes Waupano: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5786">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5786</a></p><p>Alice Logan: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5542">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5542</a></p><p>Alice Schuyler: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6793">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6793</a></p><p>Amy Atsye: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6577">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6577</a>  </p>

GirlSpeak

Girl Museum

Girls' Letters from the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School

NOV 24, 202527 MIN
GirlSpeak

Girls' Letters from the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School

NOV 24, 202527 MIN

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<p>Our November episode of GirlSpeak honors US National Native American Heritage Month through exploring girls&#39; letters who attended Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School. Thousands of children were forced to attend these schools across North America for over 100 years. It is a heart-breaking and devastating history that is still very much alive today in the memories of many adults.</p><p><br></p><p>Thank you to the <a href="https://boardingschoolhealing.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition</a> for making these records available.</p><p>To learn more, here are the full digitized collection of records from the <a href="https://nibsda.elevator.umn.edu/search/s/3000035a-eef1-46d1-9de7-4d610e6951c2⁠" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center</a>. </p><p>Abbie Somers: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/7414">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/7414</a></p><p>Ada Crouse: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/4805">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/4805</a></p><p>Agnes Waupano: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5786">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5786</a></p><p>Alice Logan: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5542">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/5542</a></p><p>Alice Schuyler: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6793">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6793</a></p><p>Amy Atsye: <a href="https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6577">https://carlisleindian.dickinson.edu/node/6577</a>  </p>