During the late 19th and mid 20th centuries, Native American boarding schools were implemented throughout the United States and Canada. Within the boarding school system, assimilative strategies...Show moreDuring the late 19th and mid 20th centuries, Native American boarding schools were implemented throughout the United States and Canada. Within the boarding school system, assimilative strategies were implemented. This study primarily analyzes the Carlisle Indian Industrial School. It asks: To what extent does an analysis of the Carlisle Indian Industrial boarding school demonstrate strategies and a U.S. hegemonic project of assimilation of Native Americans into the dominant culture? Based on a review of the literature on systematic racism in US educational systems and the theory of Hegemony data was analyzed. The results indicate that the current debate on Native American boarding schools entails many different experiences, values, and cultural aspects. Native American students were, upon return, more linguistically assimilated. In addition, many former Native American students experience issues related to mental health, alcohol, substance abuse and family related problems. Based on these conclusions, future studies should address the evolvement of the assimilation process, and to what extent Native American culture is being maintained.Show less
In this thesis, I analyze journal articles from The Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science during the 1910s to better understand the conceptualization of American foreign policy...Show moreIn this thesis, I analyze journal articles from The Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science during the 1910s to better understand the conceptualization of American foreign policy during this period. This was a period of change and shifts, when European imperial powers were receding in global hegemony and American power was ascending. I argue that the authors of these articles interpreted this period of change as an opportunity for America and articulated a new global order by political, economic, and social interaction of global affairs through US intervention.Show less
We know black women struggled to obtain more rights; they did in abolitionism and they did in the suffrage movement. We know black suffragists existed – for example, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells,...Show moreWe know black women struggled to obtain more rights; they did in abolitionism and they did in the suffrage movement. We know black suffragists existed – for example, Sojourner Truth, Ida B. Wells, or Harriet Tubman, yet they are left out of the picture. They were women who had to live under the same patriarchical structures as any other woman. But at the same time, these black women had to endure a second type of injustice, solely because of the colour of their skin. Race plays a crucial part in this, as it became an intricate barrier preventing wide-scale cooperation between black and white suffrage activists. How did race as a divisive factor become apparent in the women’s movement?Show less
