Museum’s Project Reservations – Assimilation Programs – Indian Boarding Schools

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  Historical background of the Reservation System
  
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  Location of Reservations
  
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  Reasons for the establishment of reservations
  
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  Native American voices and attitudes towards the reservation system
  
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  Ways of trying to assimilate Native Americans – Americanization
  
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  Native American destinies within the Indian Boarding School System
  
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  Reasons why boarding schools were established and how did it affect Native Americans
  
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  Success or failure of assimilation and boarding schools - reasons
  

http://www.ndstudies.org/articles/the_reservation_system_overview

http://dp.la/exhibitions/exhibits/show/history-of-survivance/reservation-era

http://www.ushistory.org/us/40d.asp

http://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/planyourvisit/pdf/aibscurrguide.pdf

http://blog.oup.com/2012/02/dawes-act-congress-indian-reservations/

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16516865

http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/media/0707_0301ways.pdf

http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0142.html

http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/frameset_reset.html?http://www.nebraskastudies.org/0700/stories/0701_0142.html

http://www.nrcprograms.org/site/PageServer?pagename=airc_hist_boardingschools

http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/history/boarding.html

https://content.lib.washington.edu/aipnw/marr.html

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/lessons/indianschools/preparation.html - resources for primary sources, photos, flyers etc. also next link

http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/assimilation/

http://plainshumanities.unl.edu/encyclopedia/doc/egp.na.008

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv7n5jhrHGQ