History Colorado released executive summary of investigation into Native American boarding schools in Colorado: Fort Lewis Indian Boarding School, Teller Institute.
Nine Colorado institutions largely financed by the federal government between 1880 and 1920 served as Native American boarding and day schools with the goal of stripping Indigenous children of their culture and assimilating them, according to an executive summary of research conducted by History Colorado released Friday.
History Colorado was tasked with laying out steps toward healing. It released preliminary steps Friday along with a brief summary of the investigation to date.
Nine Colorado institutions largely financed by the federal government between 1880 and 1920 served as Native American boarding and day schools with the goal of stripping Indigenous children of their culture and assimilating them, according to an executive summary of research conducted by History Colorado released Friday.
Nine Colorado institutions largely financed by the federal government between 1880 and 1920 served as Native American boarding and day schools with the goal of stripping Indigenous children of their culture and assimilating them, according to an executive summary of research conducted by History Colorado released Friday.