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Argumentative Essay: The Indians Should Be Free

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The Indians should be able to be free. The kids were taken from their families to somewhere they do not know. In the boarding schools of children would get beat or whipped. The girls will get sexually abused and were made to keep it a secret. The girls hair would have been chopped off. The children were all brainwashed. Their names were changed from native names to American names. The kids were forced to wear for clothes and were not allowed to speak their own language. I hope the Indians will be treated fairly.

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