Content Standard 4.1
In this section you will explore the successes and failures of the United States policy of assimilation of the Native Americans in Oklahoma including the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the effects of the Indian boarding schools (1880s-1940s) upon Native Americans’ identity, culture, traditions, and tribal government and sovereignty.
In this section you will explore the successes and failures of the United States policy of assimilation of the Native Americans in Oklahoma including the passage of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 and the effects of the Indian boarding schools (1880s-1940s) upon Native Americans’ identity, culture, traditions, and tribal government and sovereignty.
Though out the history of the United States, the federal government has practiced a policy of trying to assimilate Native Americans into its culture with little success and much heartache.
The Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 granted full U.S. citizenship to America's indigenous peoples, called "Indians" in this Act.
Indian boarding schools were established in the United States, and specifically in Oklahoma, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to educate Native American children according to American cultural standards.
The impact of the effort to assimilate Native Americas into the American culture had various impacts on their identity, culture, traditions, tribal government and tribal sovereignty.