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Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.
Native American outing programs were associated with American Indian boarding schools in the United States. These were operated both on and off reservations, primarily from the late 19th century to World War II. [ 1 ]
This list is far from complete as recent reports show more than 408 American Indian Boarding Schools in the United States. Additionally, according to the Inaugural Department of the Interior Indian Boarding School report released on May 12, 2022. There were 408 schools in 37 states, and 53 unmarked/marked burial sites in the U.S.
Originally it was known as the Chuska Boarding School. [67] In the 1960s a new school building, a cafeteria, dormitories, and residences for employees were proposed as a way of relieving the Tohatchi Boarding School. [50] It was established circa 1965. [67] In 1973 three students ran away from the school and encountered frostbite, leading to a ...
Native American boarding schools (1 C, 70 P) Native American high schools (8 P) ... Native American Magnet School; Native Language Immersion Student Achievement Act;
The White Earth Boarding School was a Native American boarding institution located on the White Earth Indian Reservation in Minnesota.Established in 1871, it was the first of 16 such schools in the state, aiming to assimilate White Earth Nation children into Euro-American culture by eradicating their Indigenous identities, languages, and traditions.
There were ten American Indian Boarding Schools in Wisconsin that operated in the 19th and 20th centuries. The goal of the schools was to culturally assimilate Native Americans to European–American culture. This was often accomplished by force and abuse. The boarding schools were run by church, government, and private organizations. [1]
American Indian boarding schools, boarding schools established in the United States during the late 19th century to educate Native American youths according to Euro-American standards; Canadian Indian residential school system, a system in Canada similar to the Indian school system in the U.S. during the 19th and 20th centuries