NATIVE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN AN INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL

WHEN THEY ARRIVED

• Hair was cut
• Forced into different clothes
• All ties to their culture were cut

WHAT SCHOOL WAS LIKE

• They had to speak english
• Taught how to act like a white man
• Learn like a white man

PUNISHMENTS

• Beaten
• Hard labor
• Starved

OTHER INFORMATION

• Not all schools were bad
• Experiences were different
• Each school was different

CITATION

• pbs.org Indian Country Diarys
• nrcprograms.org American Indian Relief Council History and Culture Boarding schools
• nrp.org American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many
• Californiindianeducation.org
• content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html