ASSIGNMENT : What do the sources tell you about what life was like for American Indian children who attended boarding schools?

Questions

1} What do the sources (images, narrations, and quotations) tell you about what life was like for American Indian children who attended boarding schools?

2} Why do you think the U.S. government and the churches that ran boarding schools wanted to separate Native children from their families for long periods of time?

3} How are forced assimilation programs, like American Indian boarding schools, harmful to children, families, and communities?

Online Textbook

https://dp.la/primary-source-sets/american-indian-boarding-schools

https://americanindian.si.edu/nk360/code-talkers/boarding-schools/