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Primary Source Set: Assimilation through Education

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Teacher Guide: Assimilation Through Education Primary Source Set [PDF/90k]

Teacher Guide: Creating and Using Primary Source Sets [PDF/34k]

Diminishing Native American lands

Diminishing Native American lands

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Report of Forest Grove School, 1882

Report of Forest Grove School, 1882

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The Indian Boys at Hampton. 1878

Indian Boys at Hampton, 1878

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Indian Girls at Hampton. 1882

Indian Girls at Hampton, 1882

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Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle. 1886

Chiricahua Apaches as they arrived at Carlisle, 1886

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Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle

Chiricahua Apaches four months after arriving at Carlisle

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Tlingit mission students …Sheldon Jackson Institute, Sitka, Alaska, 1887.

Tlingit mission students at Sheldon Jackson Institute, Sitka, Alaska, 1887

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Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. 1908

Report of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, 1908

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Educating the Indians--a female pupil … visits her home. 1884.

Educating the Indians – newspaper illustration, 1884

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The Indian School at Chemawa

The Indian School at Chemawa

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Group of Indian boys, from Dakota territory…

Group of Indian boys from Dakota territory

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Indian Reservations west of the Mississippi River.

Indian Reservations west of the Mississippi River,1923

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A Picture of Northwest Indians. Federal Writers' Project Interview,1938.

A Picture of Northwest Indians – Federal Writers’ Project Interview, 1938

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School begins. 1899.

School begins, 1899

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Reports of Indian Schools. 1886.

Reports of Indian Schools, 1886

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Reports of Indian Schools. 1887.

Reports of Indian Schools, 1887

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Sham battle at the Pan-American Exposition, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,1901

Sham battle at the Pan-American Exposition, Thomas A. Edison, Inc.,1901

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Recorded Sound

Hethu'shka Song

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Primary Source Analysis Tool and Map Analysis Tool

Primary Source Analysis Tool
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Map Analysis Tool
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Music Analysis Tool
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Poetry Analysis Tool
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