Particularly wolf children and young Indians were detached from their families to attend boarding schools, but they also had to learn English to become “happier” and more civilized. All students learned English at the schools especially when they were young. Sally General says, “I didn’t speak at all for 2 whole years because if I spoke English then it would be against everything I stood up for.” This is an example of how hard the children would try to be themselves. As a result of the Indians speaking their language they would be punished. Sally was put into a dark room once for speaking her language she expressed, “at the time I didn’t know then why I was being thrown in there.” All in all one of the ways white Americans and the nuns tried
