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How Native students fought back against abuse and assimilation at US boarding schools

By Sarah Klotz, Assistant Professor of English, College of the Holy Cross
Ernest Knocks Off was 18 when he arrived at the Carlisle boarding school in 1879. He was one of many young Native people who fought – in his case, to the death – to retain their language and culture.The Conversation


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