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Assimilation Policies and Indigenous Boarding Schools
Investigate the human and cultural toll of forced assimilation policies and federal boarding school systems.
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Indigenous Peoples, Sovereignty, and Colonial Encounters
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Evaluate the impact of colonial policies on Indigenous nations, analyze tribal sovereignty and treaties, and celebrate ongoing cultural continuity.
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Learning standards covered
6.18Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesEvaluate the impact of systems of colonial cultures on the indigenous peoples, such as termination, sovereignty, and treaties.
6.21Oregon Social Studies Standards · All agesIdentify issues related to historical events to recognize power, authority, and governance as it relates to systems of oppression and its impact on ethnic and religious groups and other traditionally marginalized groups in the modern era (bias and injustice, discrimination, stereotypes).