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Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit

Dwellings

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

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On the housetop, Hopi Indians, Southwest U.S.
On the housetop
Hopi Indians, Southwest U.S.
(The North American Indian; v.12)
Tulalip Indian School girls home, Tulalip Indian Reservation, Washington, 1910
Tulalip Indian School girls home,
Tulalip Indian Reservation,
Washington, 1910
Interior of teepee (sic) Flathead Indian Reservation in western Montana
Interior of teepee (sic,) Flathead Indian
Reservation in western Montana
Ignacio Dining hall, Southern Ute Sgency, Ignacio, Colorado
Ignacio dining hall
Southern Ute Agency
Ignacio, Colorado
Domestic life, Sioux Indians, northern U.S. plains
Domestic life, Sioux Indians
northern U.S. plains
U.S. Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
U.S. Indian School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania
San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings at Manitou, Colorado
San Juan Indians at cliff dwellings
at Manitou, Colorado
Girls in dorm, Ignacio Colorado
Girls in dorm,
Ignacio Colorado
Wichita grass-house
Wichita grass-house
(The North American Indian; v.19)

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