Assignment task: One of the main jobs of historians is to interpret the past by reviewing primary documents, scholarly secondary sources, and then creating an analysis of this research. After reading your text and reviewing the assigned materials, submit an analysis of the Indian Boarding schools and their goal of Americanization.
You might want to consider the following questions, but you are not limited to them: To what extent did the Indian Boarding schools attempt to erase American Indian cultures in the late 19th century? What role did education play in the Americanization of Native Americans? Does forced assimilation result in truly assimilated citizens?
This assignment should be at least three hundred words and contain your reactions or questions about some specific issue within the historical narrative which you find compelling. For full credit, your paper must not simply sum up the reading or repeat points made there. Rather, I'm looking for you to create an interpretation, explain the emotional content of the piece, or discuss some original insight. Include citations as needed.