This week Kate and Jim discuss what's been going on lately, including new acquisitions, walking tours and walking tour publications, a former student in the movies, a finding about Superintendent Mercer and outings, and an update on digitied materials from the Pratt papers at Yale. Show notes, including links and images, here: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2022/10/17/episode-25-research-activity-update This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

Welcome to Season 2! We talk about our first visit to the Beinecke Library and our initial exploration of the Richard Henry Pratt Papers. We talk about what we did, the kinds of things we found, and all the things we want to get back to and explore some more. Show notes: [https://carlisle-indian-school-research.zencast.website/episodes/episode-23-our-exploration-of-the-richard-henry-pratt-papers] This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

In this episode Kate examines a book of Calisthenics Songs purchased by the school, and presumably used, in 1879. And we follow a research journey about a building on campus known as "The Cage." It's not as bad as it sounds. Show notes, including the images, are at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/9/13/episode-22-calisthenics-and-the-cage-its-not-what-you-think This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week Kate and Jim review a selection of articles from newspapers across the country about the school published in January of 1880. Articles describe specifics about the school and the activities of the students as well as events on the national level regarding the education of Native Americans. You can find the shownotes for this episode, include parts of some of the articles discussed at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/9/7/episode-21-from-the-newspapers-of-january-1880 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week Kate is on her own sharing some concerns about the process of deciding what Topic tags to apply to publications and documents on the Carlisle Indian School Digitial Resrouce Center site. She also reads some insightful sections from a book about the Holocaust and discusses how she applies similar approaches to her own work. The show notes for this episode are available at https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/7/20/episode-20-big-concepts This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week Kate and Jim briefly discuss some recent events including the announcement of the creation of the Federal Indian Boarding School Initiave and the challenges that group will face. We then give an introduction to the reasons boarding schools were often seen as the most effective way of "civilizing" young Native Americans and what kinds of schools were already in place before Pratt founded Carlisle in 1879. Show notes at: carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/7/6/episode-19-introduction-to-native-american-schools-in-the-us This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week, Kate and co-host Jim Gerencser discuss new resources about Chief Spotted Tail and the sons he sent to Carlisle and then quickly removed, as well as more resources about how outings worked, the progress being made on confirming the number of students who attended Carlisle, and the disinterments of deceased persons from the school cemetery which are taking place this summer. Link to the show notes for more info: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/6/8/episode-18-research-roundup This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week, Kate and Jim do their first "mythology busting" episode and compare the stories and details of the available documentary sources about the gathering of the first students to come to Carlisle. Show notes available at: Carlisle Indian School Resarch: Episode 17 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week, Kate and Jim discuss a LOT of discoveries they made this past week including a photo that led to an interesting example of a student on outing, uncovering people who have documentation as students but who actually never were enrolled, a Dickinson college-CIIS connection that Jim didn't know about before, and a link to an interesting talk about the football program at the school. Show notes: Episode 16: Research Roundup This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more

This week Kate and Jim discuss the buildings that were remaining on the grounds from the Army's Carlisle Barracks, their condition, and how they were adapted and used by the Carlisle Indian Industrial School when it first opened in 1879. Show notes, including images, are at: https://carlisleindianschoolresearch.com/podcast/2021/3/29/episode-15-tour-of-the-school-grounds-in-1879 This podcast is powered by ZenCast.fm ..read more