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Reyhner, Jon – 2000
Many practices in Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) schools were negative, but this paper emphasizes the positive efforts that were made throughout their history, especially in regard to teaching English. The Carlisle Indian School, which opened in 1879, encouraged the use of English through an English language student newspaper and frequently…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian Languages, Bilingual Education, Educational History

Baron, Dennis – Social Policy, 1991
Today's fear that English is losing ground to the languages of recent immigrants parallels similar reactions throughout U.S. history. Traces historical moves to establish English as the official language and the development of bilingual education. Concludes that, although legislating of language use is nearly impossible, English as the unofficial…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Bilingual Education, Immersion Programs, Immigrants