What was the government's purpose for creating "day schools"?

a. to give american indian youth the best education so they could improve the quality of life on reservations

b. to strip american indians of their culture so they would adapt more readily to mainstream america

c. to teach american indians about white society in hopes that they would go home and teach their elders

d. to learn about american indians' culture and traditional ceremonies in hopes of appeasing their hostility