Story time at Headstart
Story time at Headstart

​Cherokee Nation Headstart kids listen to a story.

copyright Tom Fields​

Osage girl
Osage girl

​copyright Tom Fields

Looking at new life
Looking at new life

​copyright Tom Fields

Carlisle Indian School 1885
Carlisle Indian School 1885

"From 1879 until the 1960s, more than one-hundred thousand Native American children were forced to attend government-run boarding schools in an effort to ‘”civililze” them."

Historical Photo: Indian pupils in front of Pratts quarters. 
​​Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, PA  1885​

Story time at Headstart
Osage girl
Looking at new life
Carlisle Indian School 1885
Story time at Headstart

​Cherokee Nation Headstart kids listen to a story.

copyright Tom Fields​

Osage girl

​copyright Tom Fields

Looking at new life

​copyright Tom Fields

Carlisle Indian School 1885

"From 1879 until the 1960s, more than one-hundred thousand Native American children were forced to attend government-run boarding schools in an effort to ‘”civililze” them."

Historical Photo: Indian pupils in front of Pratts quarters. 
​​Carlisle Indian School, Carlisle, PA  1885​

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