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I would set up a school where whites and Native Americans could coexist. The principal of the school, along with a normal well rounded curriculum, would be to teach them to embrace each other's differences instead of trying to get them to all be the same. I would try to teach the whites some Native American Values and also teach the Native Americans about white values. Not necessarily pushing them to believe in any of it, but to just have the knowledge of another races culture.
i agree wit sara in that there has to be a balance between the whites and Native Americans.By teaching them about the different cultures will maybe help them understand the unknown and they wouldnt be as likely to dislike each other
I agree with everything sara said. I don't agree with forcing the Native American Indians to change themselves into being like the white people. I don't see why the whites feel they are so superior to the Native Americans. Making the whites learn about the Native American culture would be a good idea because maybe they could learn to appreciate and respect their beliefs.
i dont see why the government could not just leave the Indians alone. It seemed like they were doing fine on their own until the government felt the need to budge in
I agree with G and i never really thought of that. If the Indians stayed on their reservations and didn't disturb the whites in America why would they even bother them? I don't understand why they would go through so much trouble to do something to a group of people that would hurt them and their culture so much. I think the whites should have been proud that the Indians were in American practicing their culture because it adds to the variety of America's culture.
I probably would just live and not really do anyhting about what was happening and probably not care.
In modern Western societies, people are generally more tolerant of other races and their respective cultures; more and more children are being raised in an environment that promotes open-mindedness. In the 1800's and early 1900's, however, an overwhelming majority of white Americans saw Indians as ignorant savages that just needed to be Americanized. Children raised during this time period were probably never exposed to any opinions other than those of their parents, so their views of Native Americans most likely mirrored their parents'.
If I was alive during that era, the belief that Indians' survival depends on their assimilation into white society would probably have been ingrained in me during my childhood. That being said, I would likely have been apathetic towards the plight of Native Americans.
knowing me I would proably try to fix the whole situation by forcing the coexistence of native americans and whites. However, that is what occured during the civil rights movenment and I wonder if the white community would respond differently to intergration if the government played a move passive role. Maybe if there was less pressure on people and more education about how both ethinicities win during intergration, there would be less violence during the process.
But seriously, I really can't see how the government could think they were doing the right thing. It's kind of a matter of common sense. I don't know how they thought Indians would be happier in white society.
i would also set up a school where the whites and native americans would be around each other because it would teach them principles and morals for life
I would try to intergrate schools at a young age. When at a younger age, many kids do not see color, so by intergrating them earlier, it could demolish the racial barrier.
i agree with G. i believe that its important that everyone on the world should be allowed to think for themselves and believe and worship whatever they want to, whether its corn, buddah, dust bunnies or God.
i agree with what sara said but at the same time it's hard to say what i would do. Now days most of us are raised to be accepting of other races but back then it's very possible if not proabable that we would have a different oppinion. So i don't really know what i would do
I can understand what the govenment was trying to do, but it did not acutally help out. Instead the Native Americans were just treated like second class citizens. If I was around in that time and had power I would have intergrated the schools.
If I were me, I would definitely side with the Indians. I don't know how much influence only one white dude could have though.
id like to think id stand up for the indians and do my best to create a fair learning enviornment for the indian children, but honestly i dont know. i dont know what my situation would be so its hard to say
During the time of the Indian Reform I probably would have been one of the Indians. I would have tried to speak up but probably would have ended up in the jail at school.
I would really try to make small steps. The exclusion of Native Americans in society was based upon racism so by conquering that problem by setting up co-racial schools with a decent curriculum i believe that problems would almost take care of themselves.
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