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History of American Indian Boarding School System in the United States

AMERICAN INDIAN LECTURE SERIES

With Lola Worthington

GENERAL INFO

Date / Time:

Saturday, Oct 16, 2010, 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Appropriate For:

Everyone

Admission:

Free with museum admission

Lola Worthington, Ph.D. candidate at UCLA, will lead this lecture and discussion of the boarding school system set up in the United States in the mid-to-late 1800s, which removed children from their homes and families on reservations and kept them in residence in strict boarding school environments as a means of assimilation.

[image credit: Zo-Tom (Kiowa), A Class of Indians in Fort Marion With Their Teacher (Mrs. Gibbs), Saint Augustine, Florida, 1877. Ledger book drawing; pencil, crayon, and ink on paper. Braun Research Library, the Autry Institute, Autry National Center; 4100.G.1.30]

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