Boarding School and Land Allotment Eras 1879-1933

1882

Indian dancing is banned

Ghost dance by the Oglala Lakota at Pine Ridge. Image: Library of Congress
Ghost dance by the Oglala Lakota at Pine Ridge. Image: Library of Congress

U.S. Secretary of Interior Henry M. Teller orders an end to all “heathenish dances” on reservations due to their “great hinderance to civilization” (Johansen, 2015).

Settler Colonial Policy

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