From the late 1800s to the mid-1900s, Native American Boarding schools acted as” Native American kids saviors” but instead destroyed their lives and stripped them of their own culture.
The who, when, and where demonstrate important factors that directly affect Native American Boarding schools and how they are run. Because the Boarding Schools were run throughout the 20th and the end of the 19th century, the Christian Church and the United States Government were in control, as they were two of the most powerful forces in America at the time. “Native American Boarding Schools ran from 1860 to 1978 or over a century as they had no overpowering opposition from any government group or officials” (Theindeginousfoundation). The start was a result of the Peace Policy which then adopted the Native American Boarding School policy, this allowed the opening of Native American Boarding Schools throughout 30 of the U.S. states. The long history and funding of Native American Boarding Schools allowed them to run for over a hundred