The Carlisle model was replicated in more than 417 federally supported boarding schools over the next century, along with others that operated without government support, according to the White House.
While the schools were seen by white society as a more progressive method than outright killing Natives, nearly 1,000 children, including more than 180 in Carlisle, have been recorded as dying while attending the schools, AND THAT NUMBER IS LIKELY MUCH HIGHER, according to the White House.