Question

How were Indigenous boarding schools positive?(1 point)
Responses

Some Indigenous people learned new skills that allowed them to assist their people.
Some Indigenous people learned new skills that allowed them to assist their people.

Indigenous students experienced better living conditions and medical care in boarding schools.
Indigenous students experienced better living conditions and medical care in boarding schools.

Some Indigenous people were able to merge their culture and American culture.
Some Indigenous people were able to merge their culture and American culture.

Indigenous people could stay with their families when they went to school.

Answer 1

Correct answer: Some Indigenous people learned new skills that allowed them to assist their people.

Explanation: While boarding schools were largely harmful and focused on forced assimilation, a few attendees did gain vocational or literacy skills they later used to help their communities. The other choices are incorrect because most schools had poor conditions and disease outbreaks, actively suppressed Indigenous cultures rather than enabling cultural merging, and removed children from their families.