Forced Assimilation and Christianization

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanization_%28of_Native_Americans%29#Native_American_education_and_boarding_schools





"......Americanization and assimilation (1880–1920)


 Gradually the call for change was taken up by Eastern reformers.[5] Many of the reformers were Protestant Christians who considered assimilation necessary to the Christianizing of the Indians."