Intriguingly, at least one of the Puerto Rican students studying at Carlisle Indian School was identified as someone of Amerindian descent. Named Paul Vargas, he was apparently from Humacao, Puerto Rico. Entering Carlisle in 1910, Vargas apparently was only enrolled temporarily, since he left the school in the same year. Nonetheless, one wonders how Vargas saw himself and if he would have agreed with the school's characterization of him as someone of "Carribee Indian" descent.
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