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Guest Curator Lecture: New Perspectives on the Carlisle Indian School
Some of the most well-known images of students from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School were the “contrast photos” which showed students “before and after”—as they first arrived at the school and after the work of assimilation had begun. These photos serve a prominent role as symbols, but the reality behind them is more complex. This talk will explore what happened when students began to exert more power both in front of and behind the camera, and how that provides a new perspective on the school.
