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Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit

Daily Life and Customs

Directions: Select one photo from the Gallery A column and one from the Gallery B column. Then complete the "What Do You See? Photograph Analysis Worksheet" for both photos.

Gallery A
Native Ways
Gallery B
Boarding School Ways

Click on the photograph to see a larger image.

Hopi grandmother teaches girls the vital art of processing corn
Hopi grandmother teaches girls the
vital art of processing corn
San Ildefonso Pueblo, New Mexico
Learning finger songs at Carlisle Indian School ca 1900
Learning finger songs at Carlisle
Indian School ca 1900

Photo used with permission from
Cumberland County Historical Society,
Carlisle, PA
Iowa Indian out hunting
Iowa Indian out hunting
Indian Training School Forest Grove, Oregon: Blacksmithing
Indian Training School
Forest Grove, Oregon: Blacksmithing
Peyote drummer Great Plains area
Peyote drummer
Great Plains area
Band, Tulalip Indian School, 1912 Tulalip, Washington
Band, Tulalip Indian School, 1912
Tulalip, Washington
Piki maker Southwest United States
Piki maker
Southwest United States
(The North American Indian; v.12)
Kitchen girls, Tulalip Indian School, Tulalip, Washington
Kitchen girls, Tulalip Indian School,
Tulalip, Washington
ca. 1912
Apaches playing 'Chees,' a hoop and pole game, San Carlos, Arizona
Apaches playing "Chees,"
a hoop and pole game,
San Carlos, Arizona

Placating the spirit of a slain eagle - Assiniboin tribe, Great Plains area
Placating the spirit of a slain eagle
Assiniboin tribe, Great Plains area
(The North American Indian; v.18)

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