Boarding School and Land Allotment Eras 1879-1933

1930

U.S. Senate confirms systematic kidnapping of Dine’ children for boarding schools

The Senate Investigating Committee finds that missionaries and churches who run boarding schools authorize kidnappings in order to fill their quotas. (https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/historical-overview-navajo-relocation)

Traumatic Event