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  2. American Indian outing programs - Wikipedia

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    Those in charge of the program thought this to be necessary for the survival of Native Americans in modern American culture, though many--including Native people--disagreed. [ 2 ] Richard Henry Pratt developed the first such boarding school at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1879, which became a model for the government program.

  3. National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

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    NABS has also collaborated with the National Indian Education Association to create "a 12-module curriculum" targeting the long-standing detrimental effects stemming from cultural ethnocide committed by the boarding schools. The program is geared toward Native American educators, students, and community members. [16]

  4. Bureau of Indian Education - Wikipedia

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    The Bureau of Indian Education (BIE), headquartered in the Main Interior Building in Washington, D.C., and formerly known as the Office of Indian Education Programs (OIEP), is a division of the U.S. Department of the Interior under the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.

  5. Administration for Native Americans - Wikipedia

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    The mission of ANA is to promote the goal of self-sufficiency and cultural preservation by providing social and economic development opportunities through financial assistance, training, and technical assistance to eligible tribes and Native American communities, including American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native Pacific Islanders.

  6. The Troubling Role of Schools in Native American History

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    Native American girls from the Omaha tribe at Carlisle School, Pa., ca. 1870s. Credit - Corbis via Getty Images. E ach year during Native American Heritage Month in November, school classrooms ...

  7. Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into ...

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    President Joe Bidenin Arizona on Friday apologized to Native Americans for the federal government forcing their children into boarding schools where he said they were abused and deprived of their ...

  8. American Indian boarding schools - Wikipedia

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    Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900. American Indian boarding schools, also known more recently as American Indian residential schools, were established in the United States from the mid-17th to the early 20th centuries with a primary objective of "civilizing" or assimilating Native American children and youth into Anglo-American culture.

  9. Survivors say trauma from abusive Native American boarding ...

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    The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition has tallied an additional 113 schools not on the government list that were run by churches and with no evidence of federal support ...