CARLISLE, Pa. — The Carlisle Indian Industrial School had not yet held its first class when Matavito Horse and Leah Road Traveler were taken there in October 1879, drafted into the U.S. government’s campaign to erase Native American tribes by wiping their children's identities.

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

How a tribe won a legal battle against the federal Bureau of Indian Education — and still lost

Fighting For Native American Children

A Path of Broken Promises

A School and Students Without Tools or Teachers

Steps Toward Improvement in an Unknown Future

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