Question

How did Americans try to “civilize” Native Americans?

Answer 1

The way most of europe did to inflect their will upon those they choose to conquer by getting them to embrace christianity and forsake their native religions.They tried to "emericanize" them by putting them in schools, by taking their culture away by cutting their hair and making them wear american clothes

Answer 2

Americans tried to civilize the Native Americans through the Washington Administration who embraced a program to civilize native people, transforming Indians from tribal peoples into individuals who could be easily adopt the ways of another culture into American Society. The program promotes commercial agriculture, Christianity, an alteration in the gender-based divisions of labor among Indians and most importantly private ownership of land.