2001 Yukon Literacy Strategy
Documents & Presentations
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Government of Yukon
Speech given by Pratt, who established Carlisle Indian Industrial School, the first of the Indian residential schools in the United States, in 1879. Taken from The Proceedings of the National Conference of Charities and Correction, Nineteenth Annual Session.
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Historical note:
The Rocky Mountain Rangers, under Captain Stewart, and the Moose Mountain Scouts, under Captain White, were also put in commission for service during the 1885 Resistance.