Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928
A detailed history of U.S. Indian boarding schools between 1875 and 1928, analyzing federal assimilation policies and their impact on Native American children and communities.
About This Book
This book explores the federal policy of removing Native American children from their families and placing them in off-reservation boarding schools.
It examines the educational philosophy, daily life, and long-term consequences of these institutions during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The work draws on government records and personal accounts to document the assimilation efforts directed at American Indian youth.
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