{"id":64326,"date":"2024-12-09T09:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-09T14:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=64326"},"modified":"2024-12-09T10:28:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T15:28:43","slug":"president-biden-announces-carlisle-federal-indian-boarding-school-national-monument","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/09\/president-biden-announces-carlisle-federal-indian-boarding-school-national-monument\/","title":{"rendered":"President Biden announces Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/09\/president-biden-announces-carlisle-federal-indian-boarding-school-national-monument\/carlisleindianindustrialschool-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-64328\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1366\" data-attachment-id=\"64328\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/09\/president-biden-announces-carlisle-federal-indian-boarding-school-national-monument\/carlisleindianindustrialschool-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/09\/carlisleindianindustrialschool.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1366\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Carlisle Indian Industrial School\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Carlisle Indian Industrial School&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was an Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Photo: &lt;a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usinterior\/54067811867\/&gt;U.S. Department of the Interior&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/09\/carlisleindianindustrialschool.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/09\/carlisleindianindustrialschool.jpg\" alt=\"Carlisle Indian Industrial School\" class=\"size-full wp-image-64328\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was an Indian boarding school in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Photo: <a href=https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/usinterior\/54067811867\/>U.S. Department of the Interior<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\">President Biden announces Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, December 9, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source\">Indianz.Com<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nPresident Joe Biden is establishing a national monument at the site of the former <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlisle_Indian_Industrial_School\">Carlisle Indian Industrial School<\/a> in Pennsylvania.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe U.S. government authorized Carlisle in 1879 as part of  a policy  to remove tribal children from their communities. The founder of the institution operated under a motto of &#8220;<a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2016\/08\/16\/first-use-of-racism-came-from-founder-of.asp>Kill the Indian &#8230; and save the man<\/a>.&#8221;\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;By establishing a new national monument at the site of the former Carlisle Federal Indian Industrial School, President Biden is acknowledging the Federal Indian boarding school era, advancing healing, and commemorating the resilience of Tribal Nations and Indigenous Peoples,&#8221; the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/09\/white-house-releases-fact-sheet-for-2024-white-house-tribal-nations-summit\/>White House said in a fact sheet<\/a> on Monday. \r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;For more than 150 years, the Federal Government removed American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian children from their families, Tribes, and homelands &#8212; often by force or coercion &#8212; and transported them to institutions that aimed to strip them of their languages, religions, and cultures,&#8221; the White House said of the genocidal <a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/\">Indian boarding school era<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">President Joe Biden and his administration are hosting their fourth and final White House Tribal Nations Summit. Here is the fact sheet announcing the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument and other Indian Country actions. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WHTNS?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WHTNS<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/R8cI0kDj1m\">https:\/\/t.co\/R8cI0kDj1m<\/a><\/p>&mdash; indianz.com (@indianz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/indianz\/status\/1866126020564193757?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><P><\/P>\r\n According to the White House, the new national monument will be located on 24.5 acres of what is now known as the <a href=https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Carlisle_Barracks>Carlisle Barracks<\/a>. The U.S. Army has controlled the site of the former Indian boarding school since it closed in 1918. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;The monument boundary encompasses the historic buildings and structures that made up the campus of the Carlisle School &#8212; including School Road Gateposts that were built by the labor of Native American children and youth at the school,&#8221; the fact sheet stated. &#8220;The gateposts still stand today as a marker of the removal and separation of children from their families, Tribes, and homelands.&#8221;\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n The <a href=https:\/\/www.nps.gov\/>National Park Service<\/a> and the U.S. Army will cooperatively manage the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument,  the White House said. A management plan is to be developed following consultation with tribes and Native Hawaiians, according to the fact sheet. A timeline was not immediately announced.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n&#8220;With the establishment of the new national monument, the Army will now transfer administrative jurisdiction over the gateposts to the National Park Service, and the agencies will sign a memorandum of understanding to guide their cooperative management of the national monument,&#8221; the White House said.\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<div class=\" content_cards_card content_cards_domain_indianz-com\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content_cards_image\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_image_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/2024\/10\/02\/press-release-secretary-haaland-visits-site-of-carlisle-indian-industrial-school\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/02\/debhaaland-3.jpg\" alt=\"Press Release: Secretary Haaland visits site of Carlisle Indian Industrial School\">\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_title\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_title_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/2024\/10\/02\/press-release-secretary-haaland-visits-site-of-carlisle-indian-industrial-school\/\">\n\t\t\tPress Release: Secretary Haaland visits site of Carlisle Indian Industrial School\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_description\">\n\t\t<a class=\"content_cards_description_link\" href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/2024\/10\/02\/press-release-secretary-haaland-visits-site-of-carlisle-indian-industrial-school\/\">\n\t\t\t<p>Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland led a visit to the infamous Indian boarding school site in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"content_cards_site_name\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/favicon.ico\" alt=\"Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative Archive\" class=\"content_cards_favicon\"\/>\t\tFederal Indian Boarding School Initiative Archive\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\nThe announcement came on the morning of the \r\n<a href=https:\/\/www.bia.gov\/tns\/2024>2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit<\/a>. The event is the  <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/03\/president-biden-convenes-his-final-white-house-tribal-nations-summit\/>fourth and final one of Biden&#8217;s administration<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nThe one-day event is held at the main building of the <a href=https:\/\/www.doi.gov\/>Department of the Interior<\/a> in Washington, D.C. <a href=https:\/\/x.com\/SecDebHaaland>Secretary Deb Haaland<\/a>, who is the first Native person to lead the agency, established  the <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/>Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative<\/a> in June 2021 to account for the federal government&#8217;s role in separating tribal children from their communities.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nFollowing the release of two volumes of an investigative report into Indian boarding schools, President Biden issued an apology on behalf of the U.S. government. He spoke at the <a href=https:\/\/www.gilariver.org\/>Gila River Indian Community<\/a> in Arizona on <a href=https:\/\/indianz.com\/z\/fibs\/2024\/10\/25\/transcript-president-biden-gila-river-indian-community\/>October 25<\/a>.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n&#8220;I have a solemn responsibility to be the first president to formally apologize to the Native peoples &#8212; Native Americans, Native Hawaiians, Native Alaskans \u2014  at  federal Indian boarding schools,&#8221; Biden said.\r\n<p><\/p> \r\n&#8220;It\u2019s long, long, long overdue,&#8221;  Biden continued. &#8220;Quite frankly, there\u2019s no excuse that this apology took 150 years to make.&#8221;\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h4-responsive\">Related Stories<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/09\/white-house-releases-fact-sheet-for-2024-white-house-tribal-nations-summit\/\" title=\"White House releases fact sheet for 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit\">White House releases fact sheet for 2024 White House Tribal Nations Summit<\/a> (December 9, 2024)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/06\/native-america-calling-the-near-future-for-white-house-tribal-relations\/\" title=\"Native America Calling: The near future for White House-tribal relations\">Native America Calling: The near future for White House-tribal relations<\/a> (December 6, 2024)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/12\/03\/president-biden-convenes-his-final-white-house-tribal-nations-summit\/\" title=\"President Biden convenes his final White House Tribal Nations Summit\">President Biden convenes his final White House Tribal Nations Summit<\/a> (December 3, 2024)<\/div><div class=\"related-story\"><a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/10\/02\/efforts-continue-to-account-for-genocidal-indian-boarding-school-era\/\" title=\"Efforts continue to account for genocidal Indian boarding school era\">Efforts continue to account for genocidal Indian boarding school era<\/a> (October 2, 2024)<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"President Joe Biden is establishing a national monument at the site of one of the most infamous Indian boarding schools.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":64328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,20,1,14],"tags":[1457,42,418,157,346,88,118,176,66,53,138,25,653,545,1045,2390,102],"class_list":["post-64326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education","category-indian-trust","category-national","category-politics","tag-apologies","tag-arizona","tag-boarding-schools","tag-consultation","tag-dc","tag-deb-haaland","tag-doi","tag-genocide","tag-gila-river","tag-joe-biden","tag-meetings","tag-military","tag-native-hawaiian","tag-nps","tag-pennsylvania","tag-whtns","tag-youth","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/09\/carlisleindianindustrialschool.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-gJw","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64326"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64326\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64375,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64326\/revisions\/64375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}