American Indians and Education

By mlovato5
  • Oct 1, 1492

    and before this date, education is verbal internal discourse

    Education as internal discourse, within family and tribe. Values, customs, stoires, religion and history opf the people transmitted in common language
  • Period: Oct 1, 1492 to

    Forces of education centered upon "civilization and conversion"

  • Educate since 1492 for "civilization and conversion"

  • Period: to

    Educate for Western ideals nix Native langua, culture & history

  • Educate to increase Western ideals

  • Period: to

    Cherokee education attempts

  • "Americanization" Cherokee Osceola's Syllabary

  • Period: to

    Reservations and Wars

  • Indian concessions at Wounded Knee

  • Period: to

    BIA boarding schools open

  • 106 BIA Schools Merriam Report

  • Period: to

    Indian Reorganization Act + Education

  • Increase Gov't aid for Tribal schools

  • Period: to

    Economic Opportunity Act of 1950

  • Economic Opportunity Act debilitates Ed.

  • Period: to

    Indian Education Consensus Report

  • Indian Ed. Act, Tribal Comm College Act