MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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They were able to share their culture with American children
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They learned to build homes for their families
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They learned to speak and write in their native language
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They started speaking and dressing like Americans and lost their culture
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Detailed explanation-1: -Tens of thousands of Native American children were removed from their communities and forced to attend boarding schools where they were compelled to change their names, they were starved and whipped, and made to do manual labor between 1819 and 1969, an investigation by the U.S. Department of Interior found.
Detailed explanation-2: -Under the pretense of helping devastated Indian Nations, boarding schools created places of assimilation, forcing children to attend and sometimes resorting to what would now be called kidnapping. Many of these children died from homesickness, working accidents, uncontrolled diseases and ill-planned escape attempts.
Detailed explanation-3: -These institutions, intended to assimilate Native people into mainstream society and eradicate Native cultures, became integral components of American Indian identities and eventually fueled the drive for political and cultural self-determination in the late 20th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -Despite the massive amount of known Indigenous history and its being integral to the history of the US, most K-12 public schools relegate it to only a small portion of social studies; current educational standards place little importance on promoting understanding of Native Americans.