NSBA Rural Virtual Summit: The Challenge of Federal Indian Boarding Schools for Rural Native Communities, 1880s-1920s from indian strip Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 8 min 63 sec
✓ Published: 14-Dec-2023

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In the western U.S., federal Indian boarding schools were places of assimilation for Native youth. The federal boarding school system was designed to strip students of their culture and separate them from their families and traditional practices. The off-reservation system also took advantage of and exacerbated the challenges faced by rural communities. In this video, Dr. Holly Norton, Colorado State Archaeologist & Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, describes some of the issues tha