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Analysis Of The Documentary Unspoken: America's Native Boarding Schools

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From analyzing the documentary Unspoken: America’s Native Boarding Schools and Joe Suina’s personal narrative And Then I Went to School, it is clear that Native Americans are negatively portrayed in the media. Unspoken: America’s Native Boarding Schools is a documentary published by the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). It shows how Americans attempted to assimilate Native Americans into western society by establishing the American Indian Boarding School system. These schools had the intention of removing all aspects of Native American culture, tradition, and language. A segment of the documentary analyzes the impact of these schools on Native Americans today. Specifically, how the educational system is an integral aspect of the portrayal

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