{"id":273248,"date":"2025-10-30T07:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T21:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-20-million-gift-creates-jim-thorpe-center-at-dickinson-college-marking-powerful-reckoning-with-indian-boarding-school-history\/"},"modified":"2025-10-30T08:10:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T12:10:01","slug":"un-regalo-de-20-millones-de-crea-el-centro-jim-thorpe-en-dickinson-college-marcando-un-calculo-poderoso-con-la-historia-del-internado-indio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/un-regalo-de-20-millones-de-crea-el-centro-jim-thorpe-en-dickinson-college-marcando-un-calculo-poderoso-con-la-historia-del-internado-indio\/","title":{"rendered":"$20 Million Gift Creates Jim Thorpe Center at Dickinson College, Marking Powerful Reckoning with Indian Boarding School History"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">CARLISLE, Pa.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 29, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; In a powerful act of healing and reclamation, <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4544865-1&amp;h=2800159028&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickinson.edu%2Fnews%2Farticle%2F6263%2Fnew_gift_to_provide_world-class_home_for_dickinson_s_center_for_the_futures_of_native_peoples&amp;a=Dickinson+College+will+dedicate+the+Jim+Thorpe+Center+for+the+Futures+of+Native+Peoples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-org\">Dickinson College<\/span> will dedicate the Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples<\/a> near the site of the former Carlisle Indian Industrial School (CIIS)\u2014the first federal off-reservation boarding school founded with the intent to &#8220;kill the Indian\u2026 save the man&#8221; through forced assimilation of Indigenous children and young adults.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg6e23left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg6e23left\" title=\"The Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples. Rendering courtesy Dickinson College.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2808599\/Dickinson_College_The_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg\" alt=\"The Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples. Rendering courtesy Dickinson College.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;Just a few miles from the former grounds of a place that sought to erase our cultures and identities, the new space will stand as a testament to our strength and thriving presence,&#8221; says <span class=\"xn-person\">Amanda Cheromiah<\/span> (KawaiKa-Laguna Pueblo), executive director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4544865-1&amp;h=2374274465&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dickinson.edu%2Fhomepage%2F1660%2Fcenter_for_the_futures_of_native_peoples&amp;a=Center+for+the+Futures+of+Native+Peoples\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Center for the Futures of Native Peoples<\/a> (CFNP) and a granddaughter of six CIIS students.<\/p>\n<p>Made possible through a <span class=\"xn-money\">$20 million<\/span> gift from alumnus and philanthropist Samuel G. Rose, the building will include the Samuel G. Rose &#8217;58 Art Gallery, celebrating Indigenous art and representing the largest arts investment in Dickinson&#8217;s history. The gallery will elevate Dickinson&#8217;s art collection and enhance its academic programs.<\/p>\n<p>The center honors <span class=\"xn-location\">Jim Thorpe<\/span> (Wa-Tho-Huk), a member of the Sac and Fox and Potawatomi Nations, who attended the CIIS. Thorpe excelled at sports, winning Olympic gold medals and playing professional football and baseball, but he was much more than an athlete. Thorpe committed himself and his resources to the advancement of Native Peoples.<\/p>\n<p>The project reflects Dickinson&#8217;s work confronting its historical ties to the CIIS, which operated in <span class=\"xn-location\">Carlisle<\/span> from 1879 to 1918. The college now hosts the world&#8217;s most comprehensive digital archive of CIIS materials and established the CFNP in 2023 with Mellon Foundation support.<\/p>\n<p>The design team is led by <span class=\"xn-person\">Richard Olaya<\/span>, AIA, of O Z Collaborative as the architect of record and <span class=\"xn-person\">Johnpaul Jones<\/span>, FAIA, of Jones +Jones as the design architect. <span class=\"xn-person\">Johnpaul Jones<\/span>, who is of Choctaw, Cherokee and Welsh American heritage and is one of the founding principals of Jones + Jones Architects and Landscape Architects was one of the lead designers of the Smithsonian&#8217;s National Museum of the American Indian, and the first Native American architect honored with the National Humanities Medal.<\/p>\n<p>Rose, a real estate developer and Dickinson&#8217;s most significant benefactor, has contributed more than <span class=\"xn-money\">$100 million<\/span> to the college, including gifts supporting scholarships, campus initiatives and art acquisitions.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgbf0aleft\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgbf0aleft\" title=\"The Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples. Rendering courtesy Dickinson College.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2808602\/Dickinson_College_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg\" alt=\"The Jim Thorpe Center for the Futures of Native Peoples. Rendering courtesy Dickinson College.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4544865-1&amp;h=1412138311&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2808599%2FDickinson_College_The_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2808599%2FDickinson_College_The_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2808599\/Dickinson_College_The_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4544865-1&amp;h=1341082603&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2808602%2FDickinson_College_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2808602%2FDickinson_College_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2808602\/Dickinson_College_Jim_Thorpe_Center.jpg<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  <span class=\"xn-org\">Dickinson College<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-location\">CARLISLE, Pa.<\/span><\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\"><span class=\"xn-chron\">Oct. 29, 2025<\/span><\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; In a powerful act of healing and reclamation, &lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273249,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-educacion"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273248"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273257,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273248\/revisions\/273257"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}