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Title
162 Disheartening and Disfiguring Years to Eradicate the Spirituality and Cultural Predilections of Native American Children, and to Kill the Non-Compliant
Subject
How the federal government worked with Christian missionaries to re-program Native Children so that they no longer felt safe being Indians.
Description
An interactive map of North America indicating the locations of the 523 schools (and 53 burial sites containing Native student bodies) established and operating between 1807 and 1969.
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0cc12b7f9f434dbaa7c2815aea84606e
Source
The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition (NABS)
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0cc12b7f9f434dbaa7c2815aea84606e
Image by the History Channel
How Boarding Schools Tried to ‘Kill the Indian’ Through Assimilation
Native American tribes are still seeking the return of their children.
BY: BECKY LITTLE, UPDATED: JULY 11, 2023 | ORIGINAL: AUGUST 16, 2017
https://www.history.com/news/how-boarding-schools-tried-to-kill-the-indian-through-assimilation
https://www.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=0cc12b7f9f434dbaa7c2815aea84606e
Image by the History Channel
How Boarding Schools Tried to ‘Kill the Indian’ Through Assimilation
Native American tribes are still seeking the return of their children.
BY: BECKY LITTLE, UPDATED: JULY 11, 2023 | ORIGINAL: AUGUST 16, 2017
https://www.history.com/news/how-boarding-schools-tried-to-kill-the-indian-through-assimilation
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