Native American Boarding School Case Study

2. One of the most life-threatening deficits that the American Indians had to face because of the United States was the loss of their land. In the case of Johnson V. McIntosh, Johnson bought land from a Native American tribe, The Piankeshaw, in what is now known as Illinois. Later, when the United States actually acquired Illinois, McIntosh obtained a land patent for the same land from the United States Government. The US Supreme Court found that people such as Johnson were not allowed to buy land directly from the Native Americans because the land wasn’t technically theirs to sell. The US government had attained the title to Native American lands.
I think the significance of this case was very influential in the cases to come. There were now, for the first time ever, obvious restrictions on Indian sovereignty in the law of the land which I believe was an unfair decision. If the Native Americans were able to coexist with their conquerors in harmony then the Indians and their rights to occupy and own the land should definitely be protected.

3. The philosophy of the Native American boarding school system was based on the concept of “kill the Indian and save the man”, as stated by Captain Richard Henry Pratt who was the founder of the Carlisle …show more content…
In the video “Our Spirits Don’t Speak English,” Native Americans who had to go through boarding school were interviewed. From what they said, the conditions at the school were terrible. The children were cold and hungry and were made to forget their Native American identity. They were taught English and the ways of the white man. This had a huge impact on the Indians because, from birth, they were taught the ways of their elders and taught to have pride in their background and who they are. With the boarding school, everything they had been taught in their lives thus far was stripped from