OFF-RESERVATION BOARDING SCHOOLS VERSUS THE STOLEN GENERATIONS. A Comparative Study on Indigenous Educational Policies in the US and Australia during the Assimilation Period
OFF-RESERVATION BOARDING SCHOOLS VERSUS THE STOLEN GENERATIONS. A Comparative Study on Indigenous Educational Policies in the US and Australia during the Assimilation Period

Summary/Abstract: This paper probes into what ideas were behind two horrid incidents in western history—Off-Reservation Boarding School in the United States and the Stolen Generations in Australia— by comparing the policies and practices that the American and Australian governments adopted during the forced assimilation period with respect to indigenous children. The similarities in the background, the theoretical basis, the involvement of Christianity and the measures taken by both governments, are thus revealed.

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