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From Boarding Schools to Foster Care: A Historical Analysis of Native American

Children’s Education and Care

Maral Shabak

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Boarding schools are established as a part of the “civilizing” mission.

From: Away From Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences

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The New Deal brought about a questioning of capitalism and the ideologies of white Europeans that came after the Great Depression. This helped allow a reimagining of Native American Independence.

http://instruct.westvalley.edu/kelly/Distance_Learning/History_17B/Lecture11/Lecture11_p05.htm

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NPR’s Report, “Native Foster Care; Lost Children Shattered Families” exposes the lack of regulation by the federal government in regards

to Native foster care.

Illustration captured from NPR’s Disproportionately index.