Thousands of children attended boarding schools in the United States, with the goal of forcing students to accept what were considered to be “American values.” Despite the schools’ insidious agenda, Native people were able to use these schools as a place of resistance and strengthened cultural identity. The author analyzes different schools, political agenda, and argues these schools did not “Americanize” Native children, but progressively radicalized Native Americans.

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Source: Fear-Segal, Jacqueline. White Man’s Club: Schools, Race, and the Struggle of Indian Acculturation. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2009.