Description
The Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS) is the first and most famous of the Indian boarding schools that swept the United States from the mid-19th century into the late 20th century, and Millersville University was one of its partners. My research aims to identify those students who came from the CIIS to Millersville and their experiences at both campuses. I searched Millersville’s school catalogs and cross-referenced the students’ names with the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center and identified eighteen students from the CIIS representing fourteen different nations who attended Millersville. While further research is needed to understand multiple aspects of Millersville’s relationship with the CIIS, my research raises questions about the students’ autonomy in deciding to attend Millersville, and the possibility of Millersville financially profiting from its entanglement with Indigenous assimilation.