The monument will be located on about 25 acres of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School campus near Harrisburg, Pa. It was one of the first and largest of the federal boarding schools.

The website mentions the site hosted an Indian boarding school for more than 60 years, but there are no buildings or markings at the park recognizing that part of the fort’s history.

Jim Baker, a Choctaw tribal citizen, walked through the school's entrance gates in the 1950s. Baker said he was not forced to the school, unlike the early years of Indian boarding schools.

News Biden designates national monument at former Carlisle Indian Boarding School Updated: Dec. 11, 2024, 12:19 p.m. | Published: Dec. 09, 2024, 3:00 p.m.

According to the school’s tax filings for the fiscal years ending in 2021, 2022 and 2023, the school brought in $1.5 million, $1.3 million and $455,328 worth of contributions, respectively.

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Altogether, about 83% of school-age Indigenous children were attending boarding schools by 1926, according to the National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition.

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A deep-pocketed buyer could transform a soon-to-be defunct boarding school in Southern England into a sprawling family compound. The 11-acre property was founded as Padworth College in the 1960s ...