Native Americans have been the target of racial and ethnic abuses since the first Europeans appeared in North America. In the attempt to deal with the so-called Indian problem, one method that has been used with tragic results is the forced use of English in schools provided on reservations for the children. In this setting, children were severely punished if they spoke or wrote their native language, resulting in the gradual erosion of the cultural bonds and legacy of their particular group. This policy was used by the Indian Bureau (later the Bureau of Indian Affairs) as an attempt at

a. educational parity.

b. linguistic purity.

c. forced assimilation.

d. ethnic cleansing.

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Rachel Boyer

19 August, 22:23

Native Americans have been the target of racial and ethnic abuses since the first Europeans appeared in North America. In the attempt to deal with the so-called Indian problem, one method that has been used with tragic results is the forced use of English in schools provided on reservations for the children. In this setting, children were severely punished if they spoke or wrote their native language, resulting in the gradual erosion of the cultural bonds and legacy of their particular group. This policy was used by the Indian Bureau (later the Bureau of Indian Affairs) as an attempt at

a. educational parity.

b. linguistic purity.

c. forced assimilation.

d. ethnic cleansing.

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Pamela Ballard · Answer 1

c. forced assimilation

Explanation:

Forced assimilation is the practice of absorbing the ethnic minority groups by a dominant force by forcing them to adopt their language, norms, values, customs traditions, etc. The practice of forced assimilation was used in the United States when native Indians were forced to lose their tribal culture to adopt the so-called superior Western culture which they considered more civilized. When the attempts to dispose the native Indian was criticized a new method of forced assimilation was used to expand its domain.