HIST 128 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Dawes Act
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Fit for citizenship: federal indian schools and the policy of assimilation. A vocational education that emphasized self-improvement through manual labor and mastering basic literacy and math skills: reservations. Goes to carlisle indian boarding school for four years, returns home and feels alienated like she had at carlisle, then returns back to the school as a teacher. Changes her name from zitkala-sa when starting to teach at carlisle. Writes critical essays on the condition of the boarding schools. 1920s to push for citizenship rights that were granted to natives in 1924 whether or not they owned property. Second case study for the expanse of citizenship: outing system (aka apprenticeship system) Indian students were placed in homes of local white families that applied for financial reasons. Hoped to inspire the young to adopt western culture and bring those habits back to the reservations. A source of cheap labor for a season or some years (a faux-slavery).
