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In the late eighteenth century, reformers starting with Washington and Knox supported the education of to Native children, in efforts to "civilize" Native Americans to the larger society. After the American Civil War (1861–1865), and Indian wars in the late 19th century, Native American boarding schools were established, which were often run by Christian missionaries. At boarding school the Native American children were forbidden to speak their native languages, denied the right to practice their native religions and were taught Christianity instead, and they were in numerous other ways forced to abandon their Native American identities and adopt European-American culture. There were also documented cases of sexual, physical and mental abuse at these schools.

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