To Assimilate the Children: The Boarding School at Chemawa, Oregon 1880-1930

<p>Separating Native American children from their people to train them for entering white society was seen by proponents as an alternative to extinction. Reformers implemented this goal by establishing off-reservation boarding schools like that at Chemawa, Oregon. Though their methods changed, the objective of assimilation remained constant. This case study argues that this emphasis was well-intentioned but flawed. Examination of a fifty year period reveals the unrealistic assumption that Native children would forsake their identity for another.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts (MA)

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

History

Year dc:date.available

1993

Author dc:creator

• Smith, James Alan

Contributors dc:contributor

• Kent D. Richards
• Karen Blair
• Earl T. Glauert

• Chemwa
• Native American
• Boarding School
• Assimilation
• erasure
• identity
• Cultural History
• History
• Indigenous Studies
• Social History
• United States History

Repository record dc:identifier

https://digitalcommons.cwu.edu/etd/1500

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.cwu.edu:etd-2525