Ongoing Projects
CLC partners with Native American communities, historical and cultural organizations, local governments, educational institutions and other organizations to help support various Indigenous Projects.
Take a look at the projects in which we are currently involved…
RECKONING WITH LANCASTER
2024-2025 & Ongoing
In partnership with Franklin & Marshall College, CLC engaged in the year long project, Reckoning with Lancaster: Settler Colonialism, Indigeneity and the Land Question, a Mellon Foundation Humanities for All Times, grant initiative. CLC and F&M continue to partner.
Learn more at reckoningwithlancaster.com
Jim Thorpe SPORTS Days
NEXT EVENT: APRIL 23, 2026
Jim Thorpe Sports Days is an annual athletic competition hosted by the US Army War College (Carlisle Barracks) celebrating the legacy of Jim Thorpe (Sac & Fox) 20th century athlete of the century. CLC partners with USAWC to celebrate the legacy of boarding school survivors and the legacy of Native veterans.
Native American Children's Cemetery
Next event: May 30, 2026
An annual cleaning of the graves and laying of flowers at the Native American children’s cemetery from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, PA. An annual ceremony, started more than 50 years ago by the American Indian Society of Washington, DC.
1719 museum/lancaster longhouse
Open april-october
Out of a 2010 Honor and Healing commitment, CLC partners with Mennonite Life’s 1719 Museum to advise and administer educational programming at this replica longhouse telling the stories of Susquehanna Indigenous communities. Book a tour: https://mennonitelife.org/1719-museum/longhouse/
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