Understanding the History of Native American Boarding Schools

What was the reason 19 Hopi men were imprisoned in 1895?

• For refusing to send their children to boarding schools

• For protesting against the U.S. government

• For escaping from a military prison

• For acts of violence

Who was a key figure in the creation of the boarding school model?

• Sitting Bull

• Richard Henry Pratt

• George Washington

• Abraham Lincoln

What was the main goal of the Native American boarding schools?

• To teach Native American traditions

• To improve relations between different communities

• To assimilate Native American children into Euro-American culture

• To provide better education

Where was the Carlisle Indian Industrial School located?

• Arizona

• Pennsylvania

• Florida

• Oklahoma

What was a common practice at the Carlisle School?

• Allowing students to visit their families during summer

• Teaching Native American languages

• Promoting Native American religious practices

• Stripping students of their cultural identities

What are some of the long-term impacts of boarding schools on Native American communities?

• Cultural revival

• Increased political power

• Intergenerational trauma

• Economic prosperity

When did Native American activists win the right for parents to refuse sending their children to off-reservation schools?

• 2000

• 1980

• 1990

• 1978

What has been a recent effort to address the history of boarding schools?

• Truth and Reconciliation Commissions

• Building new boarding schools

• Renaming schools after Native American leaders

• Granting reparations to affected families

What policy did the government promote to help Native Americans?

• Vigilantism
• Progressvism
• The referendum
• Assimilation 

This pair of photographs suggests that the major purpose of the Carlisle Indian School was to

• train future leaders in tribal traditions

• prepare children for life on the reservation

• teach skills needed for working in factories

• promote cultural assimilation