Native American Boarding Schools

This resource is an Inquiry Pack to accompany the Native American Legal History Timeline on LegalTimelines.org.

Built around primary sources from the Library of Congress and other collections, this Inquiry Pack facilitates a deep dive into an important aspect Native American legal history in the United States.

Each Inquiry Pack includes a background reading, several primary sources (documents, articles, images), discussion questions about the sources, an inquiry question, and an inquiry extension question.

This pack includes the following components:

• Introduction
• Native American Newspapers
• Images of Boarding School Life
• First-hand Perspectives
• Inquiry Question: How did Native American boarding schools impact Native communities?
• Inquiry Extension Question: In your opinion, which of the historical attempts to address the harms caused by Native American boarding schools is the most important?
• Inquiry Question Graphic Organizer