Since the opening of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania in 1879, Native American boarding schools have historically played an important role in the redefinition and discovery of Native American identity. During this early period of frontier schools, the United States government established several schools as foliations under Native American treaties. The first educational schools for Native American children were operated by government-funded religious associations with the goal of saving the lives of Native American children by assimilating them into European American values ​​and religion. President Grant himself declared that the only major goal of the Indian education system was the “civilization and ultimate citizenship” of Native Americans. The Bureau of Indian Affairs would later use this hypothetical model in its own boarding schools. They wanted to replace Indian culture with the bait and the hoe. It was believed that children could be integrated into American society by having them surrounded entirely by a Christian and English-only environment. Children were sometimes required to attend religious service and in some schools this took up more than half of their learning time. children have been taken from their families and are often sent thousands of miles from their families to attend these schools. Often they were literally taken from their parents, but not all were sent by force. Some parents often sent their children to school so that their children would have a chance to learn and find their place in the new changing world. In the words of a Kiowa Apache elder, “We are in the white man's world now. Today we must follow this path. Unfortunately, many families also sent their children vulnerably......middle of paper......away to have them removed. After California passed the Mscots Racial Law which banned the use of the Redskins name on public middle and high school teams, Governor Arnold Schwarenegger vetoed the bill. similarly, Congress had passed a resolution following the Mad Horse Trial, declaring that its name could not be used in association with alcohol. The case was litigated and overturned in the federal courts. The exaggerated and inaccurate use of Native American imagery and hyping, coupled with the refusal of mainstream Americans to disband it, has had a detrimental impact on Native American culture and identity. The American Indian Mental Health Association says Native Americans are particularly vulnerable to difficulties in reconciliation. their culture with the modern world and the use of mascots and logos harms self-identity, self-concept and self-esteem..