University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: About Indian Boarding Schools
Several articles and essays about the federal government's attempt to assimilate Native American children into the dominant American society in the late 1800s through the establishment and use of Indian schools.
Library of Congress
Loc: Teachers: Indian Boarding Schools
The Library of Congress provides a series of lessons that taddresses historical efforts of assimilating Native American children into white culture through boarding schools.
Rutherford B. Hayes Presidential Library & Museum
United States Indian Policy During the Late 19th Century: Change and Continuity
By the 1890's, the status of Indian people seemed to validate Frederick Jackson Turner's claim that "the frontier has gone, and with its going has closed the first period of American history." Natives ceased to threaten the Republic...
US National Archives
Docsteach: Assimilation of American Indians
In this activity, students will analyze primary sources to determine the role and activities the federal government undertook in an attempt to 'Americanize' or assimilate Native Americans.
University of Illinois
University of Illinois: Modern American Poetry: An Indian Boarding School Photo Gallery
Photographs of Native American children at several Indian schools from the late 19th century and early 20th century.