Lit by Lightning" describes Thorpe's football breakthrough with the Carlisle Indian School against Penn in 1907.

CARLISLE, Penn., Oct. 16.--The ninth annual report of the Indian Government training school in this city, Capt. R.H. Pratt manager, was filed today and forwarded to the Indian Commissioner at ...

From 1879 to 1918, the site was home to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, one of a network of military schools where Native American children were forcibly assimilated into white culture.

Indian children from 140 tribes were taken from their families, tribes and homelands and forced to spend years at the school in the borough of Carlisle, he noted.

The latest round of disinterments from the Carlisle Indian School cemetery is starting this week.The Office of Army Cemeteries said 11 children will be disinterred this year.

Researching the Carlisle Indian School football team, I learned enough about our country to be moved to tears — of joy, pain and love.

For nearly 50 years during the 19th century, the Carlisle Indian Boarding School served as a flagship model to the federal government's harsh policy on assimilating Native Indian children. On ...

For nearly 50 years during the 19th century, the Carlisle Indian Boarding School served as a flagship model to the federal government's harsh policy on assimilating Native Indian children. On ...