The End of It All

 1917: New lares said off-reservation schools can not coerce children to attend. Children were no longer being legally ripped away from their families.

1920: Boarding schools only accept children 14 years or older. 

1928: Change in school systems after the Meriam Report.

1978: Congress passes Indian Child Welfare Act, allowing Native Americans to refuse their child's placement in these schools.

1980s and 1990s: Many cases of abuse were reported, causing most of these schools to close.