Research Guides: American Indian Studies: Indian Boarding Schools

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Key documents related to United States Federal Indian Boarding Schools

US Department of the Interior Investigative Report, which outlines next steps in Federal Indian Boarding School Initiative

List of US Federal Indian Boarding Schools

Map of US Federal Indian Boarding School locations

National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition
The truth about the US Indian boarding school policy has largely been written out of the history books. There were more than 350 government-funded, and often church-run, Indian Boarding schools across the US in the 19th and 20th centuries. Indian children were forcibly abducted by government agents, sent to schools hundreds of miles away, and beaten, starved, or otherwise abused when they spoke their native languages.
US National Museum of the American Indian
History of the US Indian Boarding Schools
US Library of Congress
History of US Indian Boarding Schools
US Department of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
Initiative to examine troubled legacy of the Indian Boarding Schools in the US