The majority of Indian children, in their youth, were forced off to these Indian boarding or "residential" schools because the United States wanted them to become hard working citizens in our society. While in class, Ms. Deckard said that they were treated very poorly. So I researched a little bit about the way that the children were actually dealt with in these schools. When Ms. D said they were treated poorly, it was a gross understatement. I've found an article by CBC News, a Canadian news source, that released an article strictly about these "residential" schools that was released in June 2008.
This is the most straight-forward description that really helped me understand the reality of being a Native American child in the early 1900s.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2008/05/16/f-faqs-residential-schools.html
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Detail of beadwork from an Ojibwe medicine pouch
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It's a pretty horrific part of the country's history. All of the readings I have read don't really go into the subject of the physical and sexual abuse underwent by the students. It's also easy to forget how young the children were.
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