‘An act of healing’: College to build $20M Jim Thorpe Center near infamous Carlisle Indian school

‘An act of healing’: College to build $20M Jim Thorpe Center near infamous Carlisle Indian school

In what it described as a “powerful act of healing and reclamation,” Dickinson College on Wednesday announced a $20 million gift to build the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples, several miles from the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

$20 Million Gift Creates Jim Thorpe Center at Dickinson College, Marking Powerful Reckoning with Indian Boarding School History

CARLISLE, Pa., Oct. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In a powerful act of healing and reclamation, Dickinson College will dedicate the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples near the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS)—the…