Policies
Beginning of Cultural Genocide of Native Americans peoples in the U.S.
What is 1492?
The first vocational training school for American Indians in 1754.
What is Moor’s Charity School?
Created the Cherokee alphabet in 1821.
Who is Sequoyah?
The denial of U.S Citizenship in 1790
What is the Naturalization Act in 1790?
1841-42 comprehensive Tribal educational systems.
What are Choctaw and Cherokee schools?
The first NA newspaper in 1828.
What is the Cherokee Phoenix?
Provided funds to create tribal school systems operated by white missionaries.
What is the 1819 Civilization Fund Act?
Between 1568–1870, religious groups initially established missions and ...
What is missionary schools?
The president responsible for Indian Removal and the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Promoted English, destroyed Indian customs and advocated for teaching Native students allegiance to US.
What is the 1867 Indian Peace Commission?
The first boarding school in the U.S. in 1879.
What is Carlisle Indian School?
Founded Carlisle Indian School in 1879.
Who is Richard Pratt?
Native Americans granted U.S. Citizenship.
What is the 1924 Indian Citizenship Act?
1828 Meriam Report advocated for ...
What are day schools?
Wrote The Problem of Indian Administration in 1828.
Who is Louis Meriam?