The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) set up Native American boarding schools for children: a. to promote the Native American culture. b. to prevent them from receiving quality education. c. to encourage their native language.

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18 November, 02:47

The Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) set up Native American boarding schools for children: a. to promote the Native American culture. b. to prevent them from receiving quality education. c. to encourage their native language.

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Emmanuel Ramos · Answer 1

(A) To promote the Native American culture.

Explanation:

The bureau of Indian affairs (BIA) set up native American boarding schools with the aim of educating and impacting knowledge on the children on the native American culture.

Christian missionaries were the first to establish the boarding school. The children were forced to cut their hair, give up their traditional mode of dressing and their native languages and embrace the native American culture