The first Native American Boarding School was founded in 1860. This was on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington State. This location was not uncommon. Many of these brainwashing schools were located right on the sacred reservation grounds. These schools, filled with abuse and disease, were meant to "civilize" the Native American people and help them blend into the white world.
Although these schools were sick and twisted, the strategy was slick. By sending the children to schools all day, they were separating them from authority figures who were Native American. As children learn by following others, they were learn to act more according to white culture. Families did not have a choice when it came to sending their children to these schools. There were instances of children being ripped from their families for attendance. Most schools were located out West.
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