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Children-of-the-Indian-Boarding-Schools

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Author: Holly Littlefield

Publisher: Carolrhoda Books, Inc./Minneapolis, 2001

ISBN: 1-57505-467-1

Number of Pages: 48

Reading Level: Ages 9-12

Summary:

"In 1879, the U.S. Government began to send Indian children from their reservations to boarding schools. There, the children had to work, speak English, and practice Christianity. Holly Littlefield looks at how friendship, pride, and support from home helped these children face a devastating attempt to destroy their culture."

Essential Questions:
Is forcing assimilation on another group ever necessary or fair?
Why would anyone want to force a group of people to assimilate?
What benefits to the dominant culture occur when marginalized groups assimilate?

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