A Right-Wing Think Tank Is Trying to Bring Down the Indian Child Welfare Act. Why?
Credit: The Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania was one of many boarding schools sponsored by government and religious groups to “civilize” Indian children that had been taken from their families and communities. This photo from about 1900 shows pupils at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. The school helped shape policies for Indian boarding schools in the United States and Canada. (Photo courtesy of the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center)