Independent Lens Season 23 Episode 5 - Home From School: The Children of Carlisle

Airdate: 2021-Nov-23

Episode summary:

"Kill the Indian in him, and save the man." This was the guiding principle that removed thousands of Native American children and placed them in Indian boarding schools. Among the many who died at Carlisle Indian Industrial School were three Northern Arapaho boys. Now, more than a century later, tribal members journey from Wyoming to Pennsylvania to help them finally come home.

About Independent Lens series:

Independent Lens is an anthology of independent documentary films.