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Analysis Of Educating Sons By Chief Canasatego

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Have you ever wondered if your education was relevant to you or your culture? Well, in “Educating Sons” and “The First Americans”, both articles focuses on how white schools did not serve Native Americans well. The article “Educating Sons”, written by Chief Canasatego, explains how white’s education wasn’t beneficial for Native Americans. And in the article “The First Americans”, written by the Grand Council Fire of American Indians, focuses on the dishonesty of the U.S. History textbooks based on their deceiving notes on American Indians. Therefore, Native Americans didn’t benefit from public education in the United States because it misrepresents their culture. First of all, U.S’s public education is not relevant to American Indian culture. In “Educating Sons”, it stated, “But when they came back to us, they were bad runners, and ignorant of every mean of living in the woods. Unable to bear cold or hunger…’ (Line 12). This quote shows how getting education from white men removes the culture from American Indians. The knowledge they had gained from public education would help them better fit into white society, rather than …show more content…

“White men call Indians treacherous – but no mention is made of broken treaties on the part of white me” (line 21) as stated in “The First Americans”. The meaning of this quote is Indians are being presented as untrustworthy, while white men are the ones who don’t commit to the treaties, but that part of the story is never told of. This also shows how these textbooks only include American Indians and their way of living as a way to enhance the value of white men based how teach of interactions between Native Americans and whites. In regards to this, U.S History textbooks degrading American Indians and their way of living is another reason why public education is not suitable for

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