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What was the purpose of boarding schools for the Indian children?
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∙ 6y ago
To take away the culture of the American Indians
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 7y agoThe main purpose was to try to make the children into people who no longer practiced their culture. It was an awful thing to do. The children weren't allowed to dress in their native dress, speak native languages, or practice native traditions. The boys hair was cut and the only time a boys hair was cut was when a parent died, so when the school did this you can imagine what the boys felt. While they were at the school there was no contact with family members. At 21 they were removed from the school and on their own. If they went back to their tribe they no longer were accepted and couldn't even speak the native language. So, they were outcasts with their people. If they tried to assimilate into the white society they were outcasts there. No one accepted them. Many killed themselves because they belonged to no one or any group.
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What was the purpose of Indian boarding schools?
to remove Indian culture from Indian children
Which was the purpose of the Indian boarding schools?
To take away the culture of the American Indians
What were Indian boarding schools primarily designed to do?
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Do Indian kids go to school?
Yes, Indian kids had an education. After they were forced onto a reservation they were sent to Indian boarding schools.
What was the government's purpose for creating day schools?
so american indian children could teach their elders the american ways
What was the purpose of the indian school?
to remove Indian culture from Indian children
What steps were taken to foster assimilation of native Americans?
They created boarding schools for Indian children
What is a place to assimilate native youth?
The Dawes Act of 1887 authorized "Indian Boarding Schools" which were by law charged with assimilation of Native American youth into white culture; these schools and their agents were authorized to use force (up to and including deadly force) to ensure that Native American children were surrendered to the US Government.
What were the Indian boarding schools like?
There so so many boarding school in india. If you are interested to know about good boarding school then I can short out your problems because I know a good baording school in Dehradun that is SelaQui International School. You can check here http://www.selaqui.org
How did Indian boarding schools affect the identities of native Americans?
The Native American children's boarding school experience was enough to scar an entire cultural generation. There was the emotional abuse and physical and sexual abuse. Native Americans were considered savage uncivilized vermin. The children were not allowed to speak their own languages. Their hair,that was culturally significant, was chopped off to ear length for the girls and shaved for the boys. They were stripped of anything that was even remotely tied to their families and their upbringing. They were taught that the culture that spawned them was stupid, meaningless, idiotic and trivial. The boarding school experience was an attempt at genocide that very nearly succeeded.
What was the purpose of the Cherokee legends?
The purpose of the Cherokee legends was to teach the Indian children some of the important lessons in life.
What is a native American called when they return home after school?
Assimilated. The US passed laws that all Native American children of school age be removed from their families and placed in Indian residential schools for the purpose of assimilation.
