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Federal boarding schools and allotment systems

1819-1969 CE for the federal boarding-school system; Dawes allotment policy, 1887-1934 · United States and Native nations

From 1819 to 1969, the federal Indian boarding-school system pursued cultural assimilation through child removal; from 1887, the Dawes Act divided communally held reservation lands into allotments and enabled massive land loss.

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How the setting appeared

Survey grids, agency offices, allotment farms and distant boarding-school campuses were imposed across many tribal territories.

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How people lived

Children experienced family separation and punishment for language and culture; nations used legal, educational and community strategies to survive and resist.

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How people worked

Federal agents surveyed and transferred land while Native farmers, wage workers, families and leaders navigated constrained economies and defended communal resources.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Authorities suppressed ceremonies and imposed Christianity in many schools and agencies; Native sacred practices continued publicly and privately.

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World-atlas stage: Industrial and colonial age
Region: North America · United States and Native nations
Languages and scripts: Hundreds of Native languages; English imposed in many institutions
Important people: Zitkala-Sa; Carlos Montezuma; Boarding-school survivors and descendants
Events and changes: Federal Indian boarding-school system, 1819-1969; Dawes Act of 1887; Allotment and surplus-land sales; Indian Reorganization Act of 1934
Evidence confidence: High from federal, tribal and survivor records; boarding-school and allotment dates differ, effects vary across nations and consequences continue beyond 1969.

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Historical geography

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CIT-DOI-BOARDING-SCHOOLS-AMERICAS

Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative investigative report

https://www.doi.gov/pressreleases/department-interior-releases-investigative-report-outlines-next-steps-federal-indian

U.S. Department of the Interior

CIT-ARCHIVES-DAWES

Dawes Act (1887)

https://www.archives.gov/milestone-documents/dawes-act

U.S. National Archives

CIT-CHEROKEE-NATION

History of the Cherokee Nation

https://www.cherokee.org/about-the-nation/history/

Cherokee Nation

CIT-UN-UNDRIP

United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

https://legal.un.org/avl/ha/ga_61-295/ga_61-295.html

United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law

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