... Indians survived the Indian Boarding school experience, not only individually, but also as a minority group. After the Allotment act, many methods of education were tried as a means to educate the children to the ways of the white man. One method was that of day schools, however, they were not considered to be an effective method for assimilation, due to the close proximity to tribal communities. As the goal of the Educating the Indian child was to totally transform and rid "all vestiges of his former self - eradicated" 1 The closeness of the school to the reservation, contradicted this goal, as the students who were enrolled in these day schools were constantly surrounded by the sights and smells of the surrounding reservation. They were able to hear tribal dances, see the smoke rising from the horizon and see their relatives go off hunting. All these images were a constant ...

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