Native americans are citizens of their clanic nations as well as the united states and those clanic nations are characterized under the law of the united states as domestic dependent nations a special relationship that creates a particular tension between rights retained via tribal sovereignty and. The eiteljorg museum of american indians and western art is the place to hear americas stories through art and cultural objects. Native american boarding schools also known as indian residential schools were established in the united states during the late 19th and mid 20th centuries with a primary objective of assimilating native american children and youth into euro american culture while at the same time providing a basic education in euro american subject matters.