Boarding school

“Kill the Indian in him, and save the man.” That was the motto of government established boarding schools for Native Americans on the western frontier. These schools were a cruel and dehumanizing attempt at assimilating native culture with that of the European white man. By enrolling Native American children in these schools, they were susceptible to new diseases brought from Europe, such as tuberculosis and the flu, which the natives had never encountered and resulted fatal. Little Indian boys who

Topic 1) What was the intended purpose of Indian boarding schools? According to the Wikipedia page, Native American boarding schools, “ they were established in the United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to educate and [simulate] Native American children and youths according to European standards”. So, the intended purpose of the Indian boarding schools was to educate and assimilate the children with the idea of the “living the American way”. The reformers wanted the children

name boomed over the intercom and the April sunshine did not warm me as I uneasily made my way to the front office. I had been enrolled in boarding school for eight months when I was told there was a new girl coming and was asked to help her through the first few frightening weeks. Being a “big sister” involved teaching her about what living at boarding school was like, along with just being her friend. This was an honor and immense responsibility, making me not only excited, but anxious as well.

attend the boarding school in Riverside California accompanied by their Village Chief Tawaquaptewa and other Hopi leaders. Here, Hopis excelled in the school academics, vocational training, music and art by methods in which the federal government used in an effort try to assimilate Hopis to white society. Indian boarding schools began in 1869 with the establishment of the first boarding school by the Bureau of Indian affairs in Yajuma in Washington. The purpose of these boarding schools was to use

I was able to attend the Indian Boarding School Gathering conference at the Turtle Mountain Community College. Listening to the stories, you could really feel the affection and how it affected our elders. I was saddened to hear the many awful stories about how our people survived this terrible event, let alone how the children had to grow up. However, according to the stories, there was both good memories and bad. As I recall Mrs. McCleave mentioning, the saying “Kill the Indian and save the man”

Reparations for Indian Boarding School Survivors in America For over one hundred years, the United States and Canadian Governments forced indigenous peoples of their land to abusive boarding schools, where children as young as the age of two, were ripped away from their families, in an attempt to terminate indigenous cultures from their land. These schools were the government's way of “killing the Indian, and save the man.” The governments of the United States and Canada similarly believed they

How Boarding Schools Came To Be In American history, many things have affected Native American life and one of the biggest ones was boarding schools being created. Boarding schools may not seem like a very big deal but has affected a large part of Native American life. In the time prior to these schools being created, the American government's main issue was finding a place to move Native Americans to, since their homelands were now under the control of the government. Eventually, the tens of thousands

“Come on Ava!” yelled an excited Sophia from downstairs. I dragged my suitcase out of my room. It was half way through the year and our mother had decided to ship us off to a boarding school for girls. “Ava!!!!” Sophia was an incredibly adventurous person. I on the other hand would like a nice relaxing day reading a book and leaving the adventures to the characters in my stories. As I reached the bottom of the staircase the doorbell rang and broke my train of thought. “I’ve got it!!” Sophia said

Native American Boarding Schools “America remembers what it did to its Black slaves and is sorry. America remembers what happened to the Jews in Europe and says "never again." America refuses to remember what it has done to Native people, it wants to forget the lies and the slaughter.” (“Reservation Boarding Schools”). From 1878- 1978, Native American children were taken from their families and homes to boarding schools that stripped them of everything they were raised to believe. Schools today do not

Since learning about the Indian boarding schools, I have mixed feelings about Richard Henry Pratt and his intentions of changing Native American lives. Although in some ways Pratt changed White peoples view of Native Americans for the better, he was not taking the feelings of Native Americans into consideration. It seems that Pratt thought he was doing them justice by teaching them English and how to work as “civilized” people. He had hopes of helping Native Americans by training them to achieve