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These quotes describe the forced assimilation of the Carlisle Boarding School. By stripping the personal style of the Native American youth from them, the administrators of the boarding school gave the students no autonomy.

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“At best, they returned to homes where they were neither comfortable nor welcome. At worst, they died alone in distant places, all in the name of the misguided and destructive policy of assimilation, which some have termed ‘cultural genocide.’”                      -No Place to Go

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“At best, they returned to homes where they were neither comfortable nor welcome. At worst, they died alone in distant places, all in the name of the misguided and destructive policy of assimilation, which some have termed ‘cultural genocide.’”                      -No Place to Go

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Discharge records from the Carlisle Boarding School further supports this statement. The records show that only a fraction of students graduated; as seen on the list, only a few seemed to secure jobs. What was the purpose of the vocational training and schooling, if society never planned to accept them?

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“We have never made any attempt to civilize them with the idea of taking them into the nation, and all of our policies have been against citizening and absorbing them.”           -Kill the Indian, and Save the Man

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“We have never made any attempt to civilize them with the idea of taking them into the nation, and all of our policies have been against citizening and absorbing them.”           -Kill the Indian, and Save the Man

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This quote, from a paper read by Carlisle founder Captain Richard H. Pratt at an 1892 convention, captures the paradox of the Americanization of boarding school youth. Pratt recognizes that society will not accept "civilized" Native Americans; however, that does not halt his efforts to force upon "Americanized" values upon the boarding school youth.

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At the end of their boarding school experience, hundreds of Native American youth felt alienated; they weren’t recognized as citizens in American society, and their values now differed from their tribe. 

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At the end of their boarding school experience, hundreds of Native American youth felt alienated; they weren’t recognized as citizens in American society, and their values now differed from their tribe. 

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“Once there, they were systematically shorn of their hair, their traditional clothes, and their languages.”           -No Place to Go

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“Once there, they were systematically shorn of their hair, their traditional clothes, and their languages.”           -No Place to Go

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“Boarding schools like Carlisle provided vocational and manual training and sought to systematically strip away tribal culture. They insisted that students drop their Indian names, forbade the speaking of native languages, and cut off their long hair.”               -Kill the Indian, and Save the Man

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“Boarding schools like Carlisle provided vocational and manual training and sought to systematically strip away tribal culture. They insisted that students drop their Indian names, forbade the speaking of native languages, and cut off their long hair.”               -Kill the Indian, and Save the Man

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Boarding schools stripped away Native American culture from students.

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Boarding schools stripped away Native American culture from students.

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“I want you must give up the Indian ways, you must turn to the good way and try to walk in it, the way of which is God love."                         -L. Standing Bear

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“I want you must give up the Indian ways, you must turn to the good way and try to walk in it, the way of which is God love."                         -L. Standing Bear

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A year later, L. Standing Bear is no longer wishing for his father to give up the "Indian way"; now, he is demanding it. His position is clear; if L. Standing Bear is asserting that his father must walk in the "good way," then that implies his father's Native American lifestyle is the wrong way.

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“I hope you will understand exactly what I mean and you should think that way. I want you must give up Indian way.”                    -L. Standing Bear

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“I hope you will understand exactly what I mean and you should think that way. I want you must give up Indian way.”                    -L. Standing Bear

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This quote comes from a letter that a student of the Carlisle Boarding School wrote to his father. A month prior, L. Standing Bear wrote a letter, stating how he will "try as hard as (he) can" to uphold his Native American values while learning English. How did L. Standing Bear's beliefs drastically change in a month?

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The boarding school utilized religion as a means to "Americanize" the students, leading to internal conflict and estrangement from their families' beliefs.

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The boarding school utilized religion as a means to "Americanize" the students, leading to internal conflict and estrangement from their families' beliefs.