Education for Extinction

In this fully revised edition of Education for Extinction, the author offers a comprehensive account of the U.S. government's efforts to assimilate Native American children through boarding schools. Drawing upon twenty-five years of research, the book details the daily experiences of these children in a system aimed at erasing their cultural identities. It highlights both resistance and adaptation among students, who employed various strategies—ranging from escape attempts to passive defiance—as they navigated their complex realities within a system designed to reshape them.