Question

name something native american children were forced to do if they were in a government - run boarding school.
your answer
true or false. children in government - run or church operated schools were required to convert to christianity.
true
false
what was the indian adoption project?
kids that were taken out of the boarding schools and given to poor, white couples
native american kids taken from their families and placed with and upper class, white family to further assimilate them
newspapers that promoted indian adoption as the \in\ thing to do
a $10 fee for those that wanted to adopt a native american baby

Explanation:

1. Native American children in government - run boarding schools were often forced to cut their hair, abandon their native languages, and adopt Western - style clothing and customs as part of a forced assimilation process.
2. In many government - run or church - operated schools for Native American children, conversion to Christianity was indeed required as part of the assimilation efforts.
3. The Indian Adoption Project involved taking Native American kids from their families and placing them with upper - class, white families to further assimilate them into mainstream white American culture.

Answer:

1. Cut their hair (or other valid forced assimilation activities like abandon native languages)
2. True
3. Native American kids taken from their families and placed with and upper - class, white family to further assimilate them