Native American Boarding Schools 101

The history of Native Americans was full of violent, cheats and sadness. From Spanish conquerors, English settlers to U. S Government, Native Americans lost their battles against these parties with greater power. As a result, their home lands, people and culture were consistently threatened by different societies. By the middle of the 19th century, most Native Americans were forced to live in the Indian Reservations, where harsh life continually facing challenges. In 1879, President Rutherford insisted a more aggressive posture in acculturates Indians into Mainstream of American society. The government was given a more sincere role to change Native Americans lifestyle, and obligated to educate and

Over the past few decades, there has been many distinct perspectives and conflicts surrounding the historical context between the Indigenous peoples in Canada and the Canadian Government. In source one, the author P.J Anderson is trying to convey that the absolute goal of the Indian Residential School system in Canada has been to assimilate the Indian nation and provide them with guidance to “ forget their Indian habits”, and become educated of the “ arts of civilized life”, in order to help them integrate into society and “become one” with their “White brethren”. It is clearly evident throughout the source that the author is supportive of the Indian residential school system and strongly believes that the Indian residential School System

In 1870 the United States government decided that they wanted to remodel the Native American Culture. They began with forcing all Indians to live on small, unprotected land which they called an Indian reservation. Their next step was to put our Native children into extremely harsh boarding schools and have them stripped of their culture. They decided it would be easiest to take the culture away from our children instead of adults. In 1877 the Congress set aside $20,000 to reeducate all Native children, their goal was to “kill the Indian, and save the child.” Often times the schools that the children were assigned to could be 800+ miles from their homes and family. By the 1900s almost all of our native children were taken away from our families

In Jay Smooth’s TEDx talk he talks about how to make race an easier topic to discuss. If we can take the mindset that we are either racist or not racist and begin to realize that non-racist people can think and say racist things, race might be able to become a less touchy subject to discuss. Growing up as a full white male, I haven’t faced much discrimination. Many of my friends are black and I’ve never seen them any different than me. I have never understood why people don’t accept certain races or why people ever talk about race. Race doesn’t define a person in any way, so the fact that people can judge a person by their skin color is absolutely absurd to me. Jay Smooth talks about how making a racist comment or doing something

Introduction: The book Maus is by Art spiegelman, The book takes place in Poland, during World War II. Artie is Vladek's son, and Anja is Vladek's wife who passed away. Artie who is Vladek’s son who writes a book of his father's crucial experience during World War II . Vladek is a Jewish survivor of World War II. Vladek had came from a upper class polish family which had give him a boost in surviving. Vladek did not only survive World War II from luck but also from resourcefulness. By being resourceful you need to have skills and strong determination.

At St. Jerome’s Indian Residential School, Saul see’s the lonely world, which crams on him like a black hole with no light, however creates a determination for him to stay strong. As he is expeditiously thrown in to the vast world of a different religion he quickly realizes, “They called it a school, but it was never that” (79) … “There were no grades or examinations. The only test was our ability to endure” (79). The emotions and perspectives present in each quote signify the feelings of Saul towards the school and define the school to be unnerving and painful for the Indians living there, however they also show that Saul knows his expectations and is strong enough to tolerate the torture. At the same time, he also encounters the horrendous

Throughout assimilation, there was a cultural barrier between the Indians and the teachers. At the core of this barrier was the idea that one culture was more civilized than the other. This idea can be seen in both Native American boarding schools and at St. Lucy’s. As stated in Sarah E. Stone’s dissertation, the teachers at Native American boarding schools were not “culturally familiar” (57) with the students and, as a result, treated them differently. Similarly, at St. Lucy’s the nuns saw the wolf girls as barbaric people and treated them accordingly. The teachers and nuns believed that since they were the civilized culture, they must assimilate the more savage people into their way of life and help them become as stated in Karen Russell’s

“....I believe in immersing the Indian in our civilization and when we get them under, holding them there until they are thoroughly soaked.”, said Richard Henry Pratt. Richard Pratt founded the United States’ first indian boarding school. Carlisle Indian Industrial School was established in the year of 1879 in Carlisle, Pennsylvania. Indian Boarding Schools were created to decimate traditional indian culture, and replace it with white, american culture. There were a plethora of indian boarding schools established in the United States. For instance, Concho Indian Boarding School in Concho,Oklahoma , Sante Fe Indian School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, or or Stewart Indian School in Carson City, Nevada. These schools spanned all over the United States. In these schools, Native American children, taken from their homes and families, were taught mathematics and english, as well as trivial subjects such as farming and sewing. These schools served as a way to eliminate the culture of Native Americans.

There are many similarities between both Morris Indian High School and the University Of Minnesota. Morris Indian High school had a great impact on both baseball and native American culture when it comes to college. Morris was able to open a a lot of opportunities for native American’s to be able to have path ways to attend colleges including the University of Minnesota. The Morris high school opened up many pathways for native American’s to succeed and go on to college and even farther with baseball. Morris was one of the top teams in the history of Minnesota. It really changed how peoples perspective within the sport of baseball. Sports in this country have a way of going outside just that sport. Sport players are looked up to by millions of people and how they act has people following. This opened up the door for Native American’s to be looked at within baseball and outside of the sport. University of Minnesota is very similar in which athletes are held as role models and some people will follow how they act. It opened how people view college athletes as players and people.

The Native Americans and white people never got along ever since the time the first pilgrims arrived. After losing many wars to the white men Native Americans soon became controlled by these white men to the point where their children were forced into boarding schools. The government stated that the schools would civilize the native children and fix what they called the indian problem. They saw Native Americans as if they weren’t also part of the human race, as if they were less. That wasn’t the worse part either in the boarding schools where the native american children attended they were mistreated and malnourished.

Imagine that you discovered a fish that would allow you to receive three wishes, with the ability to wish for anything, what would you use it for? In the two stories, What, of This Goldfish, Would You Wish by Etgar Keret and The Fisherman and His Wife by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, the two antagonist use their wishes in a selfish and greedy way. However greedy, both stories also have different meanings behind the greediness. In both text, the three wishes are used in the same manner, but for different outcomes.

Our life experiences make our present, our values, our way of behaving and thinking. Although no one is perfect, we are prone to develop prejudice against those who are totally different from us.

Everyone 's identity and culture does have an effect on who they are because of the clothes they wear, their personality, and where they come from. The short stories "Totem," by Thomas King, and "Identities," by W.D. Valgardson, both explore how people are judged and treated differently because of their identity, color of their skin, and culture background. This paper will discuss the ways in which the authors engage with the themes of judgement and discrimination.

We are all human. We are 99.9% the same. The other percent is what makes us who we are. So if we are all somewhat the same, why do we treat others differently? “America has given Negro people a bad check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice.” At the end of the day, it’s not what you look like, but who you are on the inside. “I have a dream today!”

Society is like a judge, no matter who the person is, society can always make them feel guilty. Around us, are people of different skin color, religion and gender. Despite how different we are from each other, every one of us is either a part of a minority group or even harassed because of sexual orientation. If we open up our eyes, we would realize how class separates us. An upper class person often attends the most expensive school with the best education while a lower class person struggles while reading a book. The world is very crucial and it is best to avoid the obstacles in our path and move on.