In some ways the Indian Boarding Schools did exactly what they set out to do - break the cycle of elders teaching the children traditional ways, lore, culture, and language. But intermingling children from differing nations resulted, in some cases, in awakening political identity for Native Americans in general. Instead of demanding rights for one Nation, now there was a push like the American Indian Movement that could rally hundreds of Nations into a concerted voice for rights and issues. Today’s Native Americans may have much more power unified than ever before!