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Boarding school agents and supervisors instructed to enroll only "healthy" Native children.

1903

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Boarding schools are a primary strategy of the federal government in this era. Agents are charged with forcibly removing all Native children from their homes, leading the schools to quickly become overcrowded and causing illness and disease levels to rise.