Boarding-Schools

Carlisle Indian Industrial School Opens With "Kill the Indian, Save the Man" Mission of Cultural Genocide

1879-10-01 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt opens the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania under U.S. government authorization, establishing the blueprint for more than 400 federal Indian boarding schools nationwide designed to forcibly assimilate Native American children through cultural …

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Civilization Fund Act Authorizes Federal Funding for Indigenous Assimilation Schools, Laying Groundwork for Boarding School System

1819-03-03 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

Congress passes and President James Monroe signs the Civilization Fund Act (also known as the Indian Civilization Act), authorizing federal funding for organizations to run schools on Native American reservations with the explicit goal of assimilating Indigenous peoples into white society. The Act …

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