Boarding Schools
Part of the US government's policy of assimilation was the establishment of mandatory Indian Boarding Schools that removed Indian children from their families and traditions and forbade them to speak their native language. Here Marylin Benton, an educator from Lac Court Oreilles speaks about the history of Boarding Schools in Wisconsin.

You will also find historic information about Boarding Schools in the Timeline and more personal stories on the Boarding School experience in the Language theme.