Native American BOARDING SCHOOLS

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Native AmericanBOARDING SCHOOLS
Key Word ASSIMILATION
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TULALIP Boarding School, WA State
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TULALIP Students w/ Priests
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Apache students taken on the day of their arrival
to Boarding School.
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Apache students picture taken after a few months
of being at boarding school.
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Cheyenne woman named Woxie Haury in ceremonial
dress, and, in wedding portrait with husband. Two
studio portraits on left she poses with her hair
down, in a beaded fringed dress, necklace, and
beaded moccasins. On right she wears a
western-style wedding dress (full length skirt,
boned bodice, hair pinned up under a lace veil)
and stands beside a young man in white
tie.Photograph Woxie Haury
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Chemawa School, Salem, Oregon
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Chilocco School, Oklahoma
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A QUESTION FOR YOU!
Off-reservation boarding schools were established
for Native American youth all over the United
States to ASSIMILATE them into mainstream
American life. ESSAY QUESTION - In what ways
do you believe these boarding schools tore apart
traditional Native American life but also
reinforced bonds between Native Americans in our
country?
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Roles

• TL and Info Mrs. Ruthford
• Mary Kayley Vivian Sean M.
• Flora Brooke Noreen John H.
• Irene Alison Juanita Tristian
• Maureen Tamlyn Ellen Dylan
• Winona Stephanie Florence Josh
• Barbara Cory
• Alice Ryker
• Norma Tyler D.
• Nakos Juanita
• Marian Nick