EP 43: American Indian Boarding Schools

This week on Hashtag History, we are discussing the American Indian Boarding Schools. The American Indian Boarding Schools were government-funded boarding schools operated from 1860 to 1978 with the sole purpose of killing Native American cultures and forcing Native American children to assimilate to white, Christian society. These children oftentimes had their long hair cut, their cultural clothing destroyed, their names changed, and contact and communication with their families severed.

It's a devastating time period in American History that must be discussed and cannot be ignored.

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