Federal Boarding Schools and Forced Assimilation Policies
Investigate federal Indian boarding schools, compulsory assimilation policies, and the enduring resilience of Native languages and identities.

Investigate federal Indian boarding schools, compulsory assimilation policies, and the enduring resilience of Native languages and identities.
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7th Grade · Social Studies · US-WY-SS
10 lessons
Evaluate the cultural traditions, sovereignty, and historical impacts of federal Indian policies on the Indigenous tribes of Wyoming and the Plains.
Examine and Evaluate how human expression (e.g., language, literature, arts, architecture, traditions, beliefs, and spirituality) contributes to cultural development, understanding, and continuity of culture (e.g., oral tradition, Pow Wows, ceremonies, and assimilation).
Identify how federal policies have impacted Indigenous Tribes of Wyoming historically and currently (e.g., reservations, treaties, allotment, boarding schools, and forced assimilation).