Dickinson College creates Jim Thorpe Center
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 first federal off-reservation boarding school founded with the intent to “kill the Indian… save the man” through forced assimilation of Indigenous children and young adults.
Made possible through a $20 million gift from alumnus and philanthropist Samuel G. Rose, the building will include the Samuel G. Rose ’58 Art Gallery, celebrating Indigenous art and representing the largest arts investment in Dickinson’s history.
Made possible through a $20 million gift from alumnus and philanthropist Samuel G. Rose, the building will include the Samuel G. Rose ’58 Art Gallery, celebrating Indigenous art and representing the largest arts investment in Dickinson’s history.