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Suppression of Native American indigenous languages and cultural practices

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Suppression of Native American indigenous languages and cultural practices

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Within the early colonial period (1600-1789), there were many different sub-periods of territorial expansion and inter-colonial conflicts. Within the first two periods (1600-1650, and 1650-1700), this was the period when Spanish/Christian missionaries tried promoting English and monolingual practices within these indigenous populations.

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In 1683, Pennsylvania passed a compulsory education law that required students to attend school. The law was not compulsory because there was no government interference or consequences.  Most of the children in Pennsylvania got their education from home, almanac and the Bible.

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In 1740 through 1776 there were numerous newspaper advertisements in Philadelphia that presented educational services. Approximately one hundred and twenty-five private school instructors presented directives in contemporary foreign languages, Greek, Latin, science, navigation, and mathematics. The instructors provided lessons to provided for their family and they were not unionized or protected by their States.

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Suppression of Native American indigenous languages cont.

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Suppression of Native American indigenous languages cont.

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Later on in the periods of the American revolution during colonialism (1700-1789), these missionary attempts in promoting English and suppressing these populations had its ramifications as it resulted in war between the indigenous and European colonies for cultural preservation and domination, respectively.

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The establishment of the continental congress (both first and second) during the American Revolution produced official documents in English, French and German. They also decided on language policy where there was no singular, official language of the US in the constitution.

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Benjamin Franklin donated to Franklin and Marshall College, the first college to incorporate a bilingual education curriculum of German and English, during his state Presidency in Pennsylvania