Documenting United States History

330 chaPTEr 14 | the throes oF assimiLation | period six 1865 –1898

Document 14.3 “educating the indians,” Frank Leslie’s

Illustrated Newspaper

1884

In this image from the cover of Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, a Native American

woman is greeted by friends and family members when she returns from a government

school that taught her Western subjects and values.

PracTIcINg historical Thinking

Identify: Identify the most prominent contrasts in this image.

Analyze: How do these contrasts reflect the overall argument of the image?

Evaluate: To what extent did education become a force for assimilation during the

latter half of the nineteenth century? Use your classroom notes and textbook for

support here.

Library of Congress

prints and

photographs Division,

LC-U

sZ62-100543.

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