Question

What was the intent of Indian schools?

Answer 1

They were meant to assimilate Indians

Explanation:

Richard Henry Pratt had a motto "to kill the indian, to save the man". His claim was that Indians were normal human beings but that their culture should be destroyed. Those schools often led to Indians being uprooted from their culture and traditions. Those schools gave Indians very little liberty, they were not able to go back to their reservations even when a family member had died. The mortality rate was so high that cemeteries were often built next to those schools.