Survival and Loss: Native American Boarding Schools
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- Synopsis
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The displacement of Native American tribes from their land and the destruction of Native American culture began the moment the first Europeans set foot in North America. As European settlers pushed westward, claiming more and more territory, Native Americans were pushed onto tiny pieces of land called reservations.
When it became clear that the reservations could not support the Native American tribes or their way of life, the U.S. government was faced with the problem of what place Native Americans had in this new country. Its solution was to forcibly educate thousands of Native American children at off-reservation boarding schools in the hope that they, and eventually all Native Americans, would learn to live like European American citizens.
These children were taken away from their families and the lives they knew and set to boarding schools where they were forbidden to speak their own languages or practice their traditions. The children often faced terrible living conditions and cruel treatment as they struggled to keep their culture alive. This is their story. --Back cover
- Copyright:
- 2008
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 32 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781598927467
- Publisher:
- Center for the Collaborative Classroom
- Date of Addition:
- 06/08/22
- Copyrighted By:
- Center for the Collaborative Classroom
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Nonfiction, Education
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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