The Indigenous Revolt: Carlisle, PA and Beyond
The Indigenous Revolt: Carlisle, PA & Beyond explores the enduring legacy of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School and celebrates the thriving futures of Native Peoples. Through powerful stories from Indigenous knowledge keepers, descendants of boarding school students, and non-Indigenous allies, this podcast honors the past while focusing on cultural resilience, healing, and the future we’re building together. Join us through a journey of reclaiming, revitalizing, and imagining Indigenous futures. 🪶🧡
Episodes
In this special episode, Dr. Amanda Cheromiah sits with two of the inaugural Student Advisory Fellows for the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples. Kanoa Hunter (Native Hawaiian), a graduating senior majoring in History, and Alex Kluge (German), an international student studying English-Speaking Cultures, reflect on their time at Dickinson College, their experiences with CFNP, and what it means to engage with Indigenous narrati...
John Truden earned his PhD inUS History from the University of Oklahoma. His first book- currently under review at the University of Nebraska Press - explores Indigenous-settler relationships in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas between Reconstruction and the Red Power era. His second book will examine Native America during the 1970s. He has published in both academic journals - notably the Western Historical Quarterly - and in more acce...
Lynette Stant, a member of the Dine’ Nation, is a distinguished educator with over two decades of experience in elementary education. Currently, she teaches third grade on the Salt River Indian Reservation in Scottsdale, Arizona, where her deep-rooted commitment to student success and cultural empowerment drives her pedagogical approach. Lynette holds a Master’s degree from Grand Canyon University and graduated Summa Cum Laude with...
Kate Theimer is a Project Partner with the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center, focusing on cataloging photographs and authority control of student names. She also hosts the Carlisle Indian School Research podcast and is the author of A Very Correct Idea of Our School”: A Photographic History of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (2018).Â
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On November 17, 2024, in Carlisle, PA, the Carlisle Town Band performed a program featuring music connected to the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (operated from 1879 to 1918). As Band Director Dave Rohrer explains in this recording, the concert included four pieces—two originally played by the Carlisle Indian School Band and two composed by Dennison Wheelock, a former student and Band Master at the school.
- "In Storm and...
Barbara Landis is the retired Carlisle Indian Industrial School Archives and Library Specialist for the Cumberland County Historical Society in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. She has worked closely with individuals and nations to develop biographical and research resources forwww.CarlisleIndianSchool.org. Landis encourages those studying Carlisle to acknowledge descendants' complex and varied responses to this failed educational exper...
Jim Gerencser is the Associate Dean for Archives and Special Collections at Dickinson College in Carlisle, PA and also Director of the Carlisle Indian School Digital Resource Center. He holds an MLS from the University of Pittsburgh and an MA in History from Shippensburg University. With 25 years of experience managing digital projects at Dickinson, Jim is focused on making primary sources easily discoverable and accessible to wide...
In December 2024, Dr. Ka-ow-dthu-ee (Amanda Cheromiah) and Chief Phillip Whiteman, Jr., both descendants of the Carlisle Indian School, walk the living grounds of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School. What they encounter is not a memory of the past but the undeniable presence of Ancestors whose voices, energy, and strength continue to shape the world today.
As they walk, they give an offering to Abraham Lincoln, a Carlisle s...
Gerilyn is the Great Granddaughter of Indian Boarding School Survivor, Tom Torlino. Torlino’s iconic image is a widely used photograph from a 1880’s postcard from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Tom Torlino returned to New Mexico and worked as a Navajo Scout/Interpreter and Medicine Man. Gerilyn has independently researched and has documented the Torlino/Tolino family history for the past few years. Her initi...
Joannie Marie Suina (Pueblo de Cochiti), Ed. D, earned a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of Washington in 2023. Her academic pursuits are deeply rooted in uplifting the ongoing healing endeavors spearheaded by Native American communities.Â
Suina's educational background is extensive, reflecting her commitment to humanities and global advocacy. She holds a Bachelor of Arts in Native American Stu...
Dr. Amanda Cheromiah reflects on her experience touring the historic grounds of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School, this time learning and connecting in a way she never has before. Walking the same paths her Relatives once walked while the school was in operation, she is joined by her mentors, Jim Gerencser and Kate Theimer, whose dedication to archiving and preserving the stories of Carlisle students has shed light on ge...
Dr. Chris Nelson’s (Diné/Laguna Pueblo – she/her/hers) is Associate Professor at the University of Denver – Morgridge College of Education. As an Indigenous woman at a predominantly white university, she has learned the importance of storying to navigate settler educational systems. In her session, she will share how she connects concepts of land and non-humans beings to deepen her intentions when reconciling violent histories of I...
Maredyth Benjamine Raynelle Cheromiah Salazar is a member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, belonging to the Big Turkey and Little Roadrunner clans from the village of Paguate in New Mexico. She is a second year doctoral student in Clinical-Community Psychology at the University of Alaska Anchorage (UAA). She received her BA in English and Psychology with a concentration in Addiction Counseling from the University of New Mexico and compl...
Carlisle, PA, is a significant place of remembrance for many Indigenous People and Communities. Whether you are traveling to Carlisle, PA, for the first time or visiting again, this episode includes elements to be mindful of as you travel to Carlisle.
Song credit: You Came True by Frank Waln
Dr. Darren Edward Lone Fight, a proud member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation and Citizen Mvskoke Creek, is the Founding Director of the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples (CFNP) at Dickinson College. He also serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies, where his work is instrumental in shaping the understanding and appreciation of Indigenous histories, cultures, and futures.
Dr. Lone Figh...
Dr. Cheromiah is from the Village of Paguate located on the homelands of Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico. Her names are Kah-ow-dthu-ee and Sippun (Inupiaq name) and her clans are shaska sinah hanu (Roadrunner & Turkey People). She is the Granddaughter of five relatives who attended the Carlisle Indian Industrial School: Mary Bailey Seonia (enr. 1885) | Howice Seonia (enr. 1895) | Benjamin Seonia (enr. 1904) |Charles Brown Analla (e...
Before diving into The Indigenous Revolt: Carlisle, PA, and Beyond, it's important to set the stage for what you'll experience. This podcast is hosted by the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College, located near the former grounds of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School (1879-1918). The series honors the 7,800 Native students who endured the school's forced assimilation efforts, highlighting their strength an...
This podcast celebrates not only the resilience of Native peoples but the futures we’re creating—grounded in cultural strength, endurance, innovation, and love. At the Center for the Futures of Native Peoples at Dickinson College, we are dedicated to bringing honest interpretations of boarding school experiences. We honor the wisdom of our ancestors as we look to the future. In this podcast, you’ll hear from Indigenous knowledge k...
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