Kill the Indian and Save the Man

to strip them of their cultural heritage.

These schools took Indian children away from their families and tribes and sought to do what?

Congress ended the practice of treating tribes as sovereign nations.

What did Congress do in 1871 and 1882 to weaken the authority of tribal leaders?

to erase a distinctive Indian identity

What did reformers believe that the solution to the "Indian problem" was?

recorded the country's sordid record of broken treaty obligations, and did as much to stimulate public concern over the condition of Indians as Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin did to raise public sentiment against slavery or Rachel Carson's Silent Spring did to ignite outrage against environmental exploitation.

What was Hunt's classic book, A Century of Dishonor (1881) about?

to use education to uplift and assimilate into the mainstream of American culture

What was Pratt's goal?

"kill the Indian and save the man." He wanted to distance Indians from their cultures so that they could become real men.

What was Pratt's motto? What did he mean by it?

to teach Indian children the skills necessary to function effectively in American society

What was the ostensible goal of the boarding schools for Indian youth?

Helen Hunt Jackson, a Massachusetts-born novelist and poet.

Who did n effective job of arousing public sentiment about the Indians' plight?

An army officer named Richard H. Pratt, it was located in Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Who opened a boarding school for Indian youth in 1879? Where was it located?