Native American children have attended at least 523 Indigenous boarding schools since the 19th century, including hundreds that were run by the federal government to assimilate children into White ...

For 150 years, U.S. policy forced Native American children into boarding schools built to eradicate their culture and assimilate them into White society.

By 1900, 1 out of 5 Native American school-age children attended a boarding school. At least 80 of the schools were operated by the Catholic Church or its religious affiliates.

The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal culture. But the few that remain have become places Native families want their children to attend.

The history of Indian boarding schools is a traumatic one that’s well known among many tribes. RELATED: Columbus Day over in Oregon as state celebrates first Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 11 ...

The boarding schools were not really about benefiting Indians. They were a form of segregated education in the history of the United States. And we know who benefits from segregation.

Besides a comprehensive list and description of boarding schools and Native American tribes, the National Indian Boarding School Digital Archive so far offers access to records from nine boarding ...

Ute Indian boarding schools saw nearly 60 student deaths The number of student deaths documented by The Salt Lake Tribune is likely an undercount, as no official tally was kept.

Located in Tomah, about 40 miles east of La Crosse, it was one of the largest boarding schools in Wisconsin, at one time reporting average attendance of around 350 children, according to a 1929 ...

After discoveries of more than 1,300 bodies at Canada's residential schools, the U.S. is now facing a crucial moment of reckoning with its own history of Native American boarding schools.

Across China’s west, the Communist Party is placing children in boarding schools to assimilate a generation of Tibetans into the national mainstream and mold them into loyal citizens.

The history of Indian boarding schools is a traumatic one that’s well known among many tribes. RELATED: Columbus Day over in Oregon as state celebrates first Indigenous Peoples Day Oct. 11 ...