Boarding Schools: Assimilation Through Education | |
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Event Type: Adult Age Group(s): Adults Date: 11/2/2019 Start Time: 10:00 AM End Time: 11:00 AM Description: In the late 19th century through the early 20th century, the United States government required Indian children to attend off-reservation boarding schools. Operated under the Department of War, the schools were used as a tool to prepare Native American children for assimilation into America’s melting pot. A rarely told chapter of American history, these boarding schools dramatically altered the lives of its students and the generations that followed.
Library: Fountain Hills Branch Library location Location: Conference Room Other Information: Funded by the Fountain Hills Friends of the Library
Presenter: Jane Pzreslica |