Boarding schools
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100

What was a common outcome for Native children who attended boarding schools?


They were adopted placed into institutions or foster care homes that were mostly non native.

100

People who lived in America before it was founded.

Natives.

100

What percentage of all postsecondary enrollment did Native American students represent in 2022?

0.7%

200

What is the average graduation rate for native American students?

69%

200

Schools where students live away from their families.

Boarding Schools.

200

The effect or result of something

Impact

300

What is one major challenge faced by Native students in public schools?

Lack of Native Specific curriculum

300

Not having enough of something when there is so little available.

Scarce

300

Someone who made things out of Iron like horseshoes or tools.

Blacksmith

400

What was the primary goal of the education provided in boarding schools for Native Americans?

To assimilate native American children into American society

400

The job of making shoes by hand with machines.

Shoemaking

400

Hard work especially physical work

labor

500

What was the approximate number of boarding schools that operated in the U.S. from 1860 to 1978?

357 boarding schools

500

When someone from one culture starts to become like people from another culture.

Assimilation

500

What type of clothing were Native students required to wear at boarding schools?

Military Style clothing