Indian boarding school

American  

[in-dee-uhn bawr-ding skool] / ˈɪn di ən ˈbɔr dɪŋ ˌskul /

noun

1. (formerly in the United States) one of many boarding schools established for American Indian, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian students, first by Christian missionaries and later by the federal government, with the aim of culturally assimilating Indigenous youth and giving them a Western education.

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Etymology

Origin of Indian boarding school

First recorded in 1870–75

Example Sentences

In 1930, as the Depression raged, Bernice and her siblings were sent to St. Mary’s Catholic Indian Boarding School in Odanah.

From Los Angeles Times

If Charles Dickens had lived in, say, Indio instead of London, and if, instead of writing about the brutalities and indignities of an English boarding school in Yorkshire, he had written about the brutalities and indignities of an Indian boarding school in, say, Riverside, the national conscience might have been shocked to act a long, long time ago.

From Los Angeles Times

Her mother and father met at the Indian Boarding School where they both worked.

From Scientific American

Monica Lopez: One of five siblings, Aggie grew up at the Indian boarding school in Albuquerque and attended classes at St. Mary’s Catholic School.

From Scientific American

“Some are survivors, some are descendants, but we all carry this painful legacy in our hearts. … My ancestors and many of yours endured the horrors of Indian boarding school assimilation policies carried out by the same department that I now lead.”

From Seattle Times