The Mount Pleasant Industrial School and the Anishinaabe

Fred Jacko, Cultural Historical Preservation Office Manager

Thursdays, October 12 and 19; 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.
In Person. Ludington. Class size unlimited.

The Mount Pleasant Industrial Boarding School was one of many institutions across the United States that served to forcefully indoctrinate American Indian Children into the mainstream culture of the day. This lecture will begin with the early stages of the boarding school era and the thoughts that drove the legislation behind it. Discussion will move away from general boarding schools in the US and focus on the Mount Pleasant Industrial Boarding School. The creation, targeted population, and long standing consequences of this historical period in US history will all be topics for discussion.