Today we are finishing up our studies on the Plains Indians. We examined the decision to send Indian children to boarding schools to become "Americanized". It was a very drastic and radical experiment where the children were striped of their belongings, beliefs, language, names and customs. They were replaced by American culture, but done in a strict, military style approach. This was designed and intended to save the Indian population from government welfare, starvation and possible extinction.
"Kill the Indian to Save the Man" was the motto of many Boarding Schools
