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Fascinating Before and After Portraits of American Indian Students at the Carlisle Indian School From the Late 19th Century ~ vintage everyday Blackfoot Indian, Sioux Indian, Native American Children, American Indian History, Native American Images, Native American Clothing, Native American Pictures, Native American Photos, Indigenous Americans

The Carlisle Indian School was founded in 1879 by Colonel Richard Henry Pratt under authority of the US federal government. While he championed racial equality (something he set out to showcase at the school), his idea of equality was a peculiarly 19th Century one. He aimed to prove that American Indians were the equals of whites by making them as white as possible. His slogan at Carlisle was "Kill the Indian, Save the Man." Students were forbidden from speaking their own languages. Their…

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John Henry Jamison Edward S Curtis, Edward Curtis, American Photo, Plains Indians, Wilde Westen, Native American Photos, Indian Scout, Last Ride, Native American Peoples

My Grandfather, John Henry Jamison was the son of John and Hanna Jane Jamison. He was born in Rye Colorado. He came to Kansas in 1907. On June 4, 1908, he married my grandmother, Lettie Mae Smith. Seven children came to this union. My father, Charles, was the youngest. They settled in Kinsley, Kansas He was a...

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This picture represents the misconceptions that people have against Native Americans. The Indian Killer scalps their victims and, because of this, the public believes them to be Native American. But, as Marie Polatkin points out, the French were the ones who brought scalping to the United States and so the Indian Killer doesn’t necessarily have to be Indian. Because of the stereotype surrounding scalping, people only come to one conclusion, regardless of how little evidence they really have. Apache Indian, Indigenous Tribes, Legends And Myths, Super Soldier, On Horseback, Top Memes, The Dawn, North Africa, Native American Indians

This picture represents the misconceptions that people have against Native Americans. The Indian Killer scalps their victims and, because of this, the public believes them to be Native American. But, as Marie Polatkin points out, the French were the ones who brought scalping to the United States and so the Indian Killer doesn’t necessarily have to be Indian. Because of the stereotype surrounding scalping, people only come to one conclusion, regardless of how little evidence they really have.

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