Richard Henry Pratt

Pratt as a [[United States Army]] lieutenant in 1879 Brigadier-General Richard Henry Pratt (December 6, 1840 – March 15, 1924) was a United States Army officer who founded the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania in 1879 and served as its longtime superintendent. Prior to this, Pratt supervised Native American prisoners of war held at Fort Marion in St. Augustine, Florida. He is known for using the phrase "kill the Indian, save the man" in reference to the ethos of the school and efforts to forcibly assimilate Native Americans into white American culture. Pratt is also associated with the first recorded use of the word "racism," which he used in 1902 to criticize racial segregation in the United States. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
    Published 1979
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    The Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania : its origins, purposes, progress, and the difficulties surmounted
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    Author: Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
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    Battlefield and classroom : four decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904
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    Author: Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
    Published 1912
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    American Indians, chained and unchained : being an address before the Pennsylvania Commandery of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion, at the Union League, Philadelphia, October 23, 1912, entitled "One of General Sheridan's ways with Indians and what came of it" : supplemented by an address to the Society of American Indians at their annual convention, in Columbus, Ohio, October 5, 1912, on "The solution of the Indian problem"

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