Native American Boarding Schools

By Clauds5

  • Indian Civilization Act

    1819: Congress passed the Indian Civilization Act, which paid missionaries to educate Native Americans and promote "civilization"

  • Mission Schools

    1860: Mission schools were established to teach Native Americans the "American way of life"

  • Government Boarding Schools were established (including Carlisle)

    Government schools were established, including the Carlisle Indian Industrial School

  • Native American Boarding Schools were established

    Native American boarding schools were established

  • "Kill the indian but save the man"

    The phrase "Kill the Indian but save the man" was used

  • Carlisle boarding school was closed

    Carlisle boarding school was closed because the method of assimilating American Indian students through off-reservation boarding schools was perceived as outdated

  • The Indian Citizenship Act passed

  • The Indian Citizenship Act passed

    The Indian Citizenship Act was passed

  • The Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

    Or "New Deal" for Native American, provided for tribal landownership, self-government, control of Indian education, and the closing of many of the remaining federal off-reservation boarding schools. It's major goal was to reverse cultural assimilation of Native Americans of the civilization era of education. It also facilitated the building of 100 community day schools on tribal lands and hired ethnographers to create school lessons in tribal languages.

  • The Indian New Deal was established/ The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) (Wheeler-Howard Act)

    Signed into law on June 18, 1934.
    "Granted" Native Americans in the United States a new degree of autonomy, giving them greater control over their lands and allowing them to form legally recognized tribal governments. The act also tried to stop the loss of Indian lands, encouraged Native American tribes to establish local self-government, and encouraged the preservation of native crafts and traditions.

  • The Indian Self Determination Act was passed

    The Indian Self-Determination and Education Act of 1975 allowed Native Americans to operate their own schools. Also known as the Indian Bill of Rights, enabled Native Americans to bring their own languages, beliefs, and philosophies to their schools. Since the act was passed, more than seventy schools have taken charge of their own operations.

  • Ada Deer First Women to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs

    Deer was appointed assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior, as head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; she was the first Native American woman to hold that position

  • Dab Haaland becomes the first Native American Cabinet Secretary

    https://time.com/5933398/deb-haaland-first-native-american-cabinet-secretary-history/

  • Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding Schools

    Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policy Act: Passed by the 116th Congress from 2019-2020