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The Gradual Civilation Act is passed
The Gradual Civilization Act required all indian males over the age of 21 who could speak, read, and write English or French to renounce their Indian status. This directly relates to the Native American boarding schools and how English is forced upon them. -
First Native American boarding school is created
Native American boarding schools were develeped in order to get rid of any non white qualities. The purpose was to cleanse the public body and create an all white country. Boarding schools for Native Americans helped to assimilate the children and make them more like white people. -
First off-reservation Native American boarding school is created
Captain Richard Henry Pratt constructs the very first federally funded off-reservation Native American Boarding school in 1879 by order of the US federal government. Having an off-reservation boarding school is a very big deal because the students are seperated from their home. Many ties are severed in the process allowing for easier assimilation and better results. -
Indian Appropriation Act is passed
On May 17, 1882, the United States Congress passed a bill known as the Indian Appropriation Act, whereby a sum of money was to be appropriated for the building of a school for American Indian youth. This shows that the United States government was conciously funding the destruction of a culture. they were actively funneling money into a system that was designed to rid the country of a race through assimilation. -
Residential schools in the Canadian West are authorized
John A. Macdonald authorizes the creation of residential schools in the Canadian West after much encouragement. The schools were funded by the Canadian government's Indian Affairs and Northern Department and was administered by Christian churches. They recieved lots of money and created many residential schools, but the decreased once they had finished and the actual conditions in the schools were deplorable. -
First off reservation federally funded boarding school is erected
Erected in the Great Plains, near the border of Kansas. Many boarding schools were built in this year. They were all placed far away from the reservations in white communities. This way, there would be no outside influence on the students and they could adapt better.