Post+WWII-1970s

When it comes to where to start on modern Native American Culture and the changing lifestyle for the youth, we begin looking at the early assimilation of Natives into White culture, which mainly took place between the 1790s all the way through the 1920s [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americanization_(of_Native_Americans )]. This was done through a series of force and laws put forth by the United States Government. This was the beginning of conflict for the Native people between their own culture and balancing it with the culture forced upon them. As for the youth, one of the biggest forms of assimilation came through boarding schools. The first boarding school established in the United States for assimilation of Native American Youth was in 1879, called the Carlisle Indian Industrial School founded by Richard Henry Pratt [ Brittanica Encyclopedia ]. The school was located Pennsylvania and lasted until 1918. There, Native American students were forced to learn English, white mannerisms, and customs of American culture. In 1918, the school was changed into a military hospital for World War I veterans and later on became a historical landmark. Schools were just the beginning of the change and conflict within the Native American teens into modern day society.