The Carlisle Indian Industrial School was the flagship operation of federally funded, off-reservation boarding schools that forcibly took Native American children away from their homes.

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 Monday,

The White House announced the creation of the Carlisle Federal Indian Boarding School National Monument on Monday as Biden hosted a summit for tribal leaders.