The Carlisle Indian Boarding School (1879 - 1918) 
From the web site, "These pages are designed, written and executed with the purpose of offering glimpses into the Carlisle Indian School and its history."   It includes an extensive amount of information organized into the following sections: History; Biographies; Virtual Tour; How to Get More Info; Newspaper; Primary Sources; Secondary Sources; Jim Thorpe; and Related Links.  This web site is a collaborative effort of Barbara Landis and Genevieve Bell. 
  
Books to Avoid: A Critical Review of Ann Rinaldi's My Heart Is On the Ground 
Here is a review of the book My Heart is On the Ground, a fictionalized story targeted for girls ages 9-12 of a twelve-year old girl's experience at Carlisle Indian School.  The authors of the review criticize the book for its appropriation of Indian lives and literature, lack of historical accuracy, lack of cultural authenticity, and use of stereotypes, while presenting facts about the true story of Indian boarding school life and the girl on whom the book is based.  From the Oyate web site. 
  
The Archaeology of the Phoenix Indian School 
This illustrated article by Owen Lindauer (March 27, 1998) describes life at the Phoenix Indian School (1891-1990), supplemented by descriptions of artifacts excavated from the site after the school was closed and sold to a private party.  From the web site of the Archaeological Institute of America. 
  
Education of Native Americans: Hampton Institute 1878-1923 
This page discusses the Indian education program at the Hampton Institute in Hampton, Virginia.  A paper by a student at Duke University. 
  
Native American Education: Documents from the 19th Century 
This page presents several primary source documents about the 19th century white man's educational mission to "Kill the Indian and Save the Man".  A paper by a student at Duke University. 
  
Western American Indian Writers, 1854–1960 
This page discusses a number of Native American writers, including several who attended  the Carlisle Indian School: Charles Eastman, Zitkala-Sa (also known as Gertrude Bonnin), Luther Standing Bear, Sylvester Long, and  Jason Betzinez.  From the online book A Literary History of the American West, by the Western Literature Association, 1987. 
  
The School Days of an Indian Girl, by Zitkala-Sa (Dakota) 
Here is a recollection of a mid-19th century Native American experience of Indian boarding schools, first published in Atlantic Monthly in 1900.  From the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library web site. 
  
An Indian Teacher Among Indians, by Zitkala-Sa (Dakota) 
Here is an article about Zitkala-Sa's experience as a teacher in an Indian boarding school, also published in Atlantic Monthly in 1900.  From the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library web site. 
  
>>> Residential Schools (Canada) 
  
Note: This is just a small portion of what's available online concerning residential schools. 
  
Film: Where the Spirit Lives (1989) 
Use this page to get information about the film Where the Spirit Lives.  Plot summary from the web site, " In 1937, a young Amerindian girl named Komi is kidnapped along with several other children from a village as part of a deliberate Canadian policy to force Native American children to abandon their culture in order to conform with the white christian one."   From the Internet Movie Database web site. 

Educational Life 
From the web site, "This unit traces the evolution of education and socialization of the Indian and Métis peoples of the plains, from the pre-treaty era to the present day."  It includes a section on boarding schools in Canada.  From the Native Studies,  A Curriculum Guide for Grade 10: Societal Structures of Indian, Métis, and Inuit Peoples, June 1991 web site. 
  
The Circle Game: Shadows and Substance in the Indian Residential School Experience in Canada 
Subtitle: A Report to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Submitted October, 1994 by Roland D. Chrisjohn, Ph. D. & Sherri L. Young, M. A. with contributions by Michael Maraun, Ph. D.  From the web site, this report is "a study of the influence of Indian Residential Schooling upon Aboriginal Peoples. ... Residential Schools were one of many attempts at the genocide of the Aboriginal Peoples inhabiting the area now commonly called Canada. ... The creation of Indian Residential Schools followed a time-tested method of obliterating indigenous cultures, and the psychosocial consequences these schools would have on Aboriginal Peoples were well understood at the time of their formation."  The report also contains recommendations for "undoing what has been done."  From the Treaty 7 web site. 
  
Windspeaker Classroom Edition (May 98) 
This web site contains three articles on residential schools in Canada.  One discusses the churches involved in the operation of the schools, and one is an ironic essay about the effects of a residential school on the author's mother.  From the Windspeaker (newspaper) web site. 
  
Residential Schools 
This link points to the beginning of Chapter 10 "Residential Schools" of Volume 1 of The Final Report of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, a six-volume report.  This chapter relates the history of Indian residential schools and recommended actions that the Government of Canada should take to redress the wrongs the schools imposed on Aboriginal people. 
  
Online Article: A Brief History of the Education of First Nations Children 
Here's an article by Iram Khan from the April 1999 edition of canadian content, "a monthly ezine of articles, opinions, reviews, and more." 
  
Online Article: Residential School Healing 
Here's an article by Iram Khan from the May 1999 edition of canadian content, "a monthly ezine of articles, opinions, reviews, and more." 
  
Online Review:  Video:  Teaching Indians to Be White 
From the review, "This brief but effective program chronicles the attempts to integrate native children into dominant society through educational means."  It includes archival footage of mission schools and residential schools as well as "the contemporary response to this educational process" by different tribes today.  Review published by ABC-CLIO Video Rating Guide for Libraries, 1995.  From the web site of the Media Resources Center at the University of California at Berkeley.