ES 112 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: American Indian Boarding Schools, El Internado, Major Crimes
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Native american nations as viewed separate political units. There are restrictions that limit native nations" authority and individuality. Given that native nations can only judge natives, there is a problem of non-natives perpetrating major crimes inside the reservation and avoiding being judged. The federal government tends to abuse their jurisdiction over the use of the land. Government always saw their interaction with native americans as civilizing the savages. 1600s boarding school system began with the establishment of praying towns. Missions where established to christianize indian through harsh means. Many of the lands that belonged to the natives where taken away from them because they contained precious natural resources. Grants peace policy of 1869 formalizes the system of boarding schools. In 1879 the rst off-reservation and federally funded boarding school was founded in. Cultural genocide was preferred over genocide because it was cheaper. When children came back, they were too white for native society and too native for white society.
