Pictures reactions, responses 1) Page 265 shows a picture of an Indian school called Lincoln Institution Indian Department. This school was to eradicate the Indian culture by teaching them American and European ways of life. This shows a cruel act by the United States because the Indian population was in this continent first and this is their land, that we took away from them. This picture illustrates that their culture and lifestyle were not acceptable in that society and, for this reason, we force them to abandon their religion, language, and their styles of dress.…
One of Arnold's first tough decisions was that he moved from the school on the reservation to a school filled with white boys and girls. Arnold comes upon this decision when he receives his mother's geometry textbook. “My school and my tribe are so poor and sad that we have to study from the same dang books our parents studied from. That is absolutely saddest thing in the world. And let me tell you, that old old, old decrepit geometry book hit my heart with a force of a…
The Agony of So-Called Civilization “Kill the Indian and save the man (Boxer).” According to a popular Indian boarding school principal in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, the objective for civilization in Indian boarding schools and, in “St. Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves,” was to basically train students to become someone they were not. When students entered into these schools, instructors practically tried to obliterate all knowledge from the students’ preceding culture. This was possible because students went without seeing their parents, and as a result many students became extremely homesick. However, all of these conditions were considered necessary for a student to adapt to a foreign lifestyle, students not seeing their relatives, and students being mandated to hate where they came from.…
But photographs generated by Pratt, the BIA, or Frances Benjamin Johnston are not the only ones that tell the history of this massive social re-education approach. In fact, the recently found simple shots of the Sacaton school in Arizona also document the Indian reeducation program. These photographs are said to have belonged to a woman that supposedly worked at Sacaton. Not by surprise, these shots also contributed to known how the Anglo Americans strived to “civilize” Indian Americans often through abuse, discipline, and punishment. However, the elementary shots give more insight in the surrounding area and structure of the school, the atmosphere, as well as students and teachers outside the classroom.…
In this book, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie, he writes about a boy name Arnold, who was born on the Spokane Indian reservation, with several medical problems. Also, he was bullied by everyone in the Indian reservation except his best friend Rowdy. Arnold always wanted to receive a better education then what he learn from the Indian reservation so he leaves the rez to attend an all-white school in town which he make that hard choice but to leave the reservation. Therefore, Arnold was considered a traitor for his people because he decided to leave the rez and so, he suffers great tragedies from it. Somehow, with his experience of leaving the rez, he had discover that inside of him, he had a strength that he never knew existed in him after he…
Putting It All Together “Vanishing Indian” was a myth that was made up by European settlers upon arriving in America. The term was used again when The United States of America began their westward expansion. American’s believed that Native Americans were disappearing once again because of their inability to adapt to the contemporary living style. Indians may not have been as advanced as American’s, but they did make advances at their own pace that would help them stay alive with all the changes going on around them.…
The Light in the Forest First thing, I am going to go over is who was wrong in this story, was it the whites or Indians. Secondly, I am going to go over Cuyloga's punishment for True Son. Lastly, we are going to go over Richter's habit of playing with language. Now, I am going to explain why the whites and Indians are in the wrong. The whites were in the wrong because they hated the Indians and would kill them on sight.…
This proves that he is going to change natives until they are fully absorbed into an image of white man. Certainly, there were consequences for resisting or not following the rules in the boarding school. In order to survive from this confined environment, the native children had to follow new rules whether it is acceptable or not. As I watch this film, ironic thing was how whites describe Native Americans as “bloodthirsty savages” even though natives never had the intention of war or any violence unless whites crossed the…
The relationship between the Native Americans and the United States government was a very difficult one because, there were people that were in favor of removing the Indians while there were others against the idea of Indian removal. There was a long discussion on the removal of the Native Americans from the East side of Mississippi. President, Andrew Jackson was a part of the Indian Removal, he got to decide certain situations out on his own. There was five different Indian tribes being at the time, including the Choctaws, the Muskogee, the Chickasaws, the Cherokees, and the Seminoles. These five Indian tribes all lived on their own land that they owned.…
Notwithstanding the significance of the effects of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) boarding schools have had on American Indians past and present, the literature is comparatively small regarding methods to overcome the trauma. Existing literature does, however, explain the history of the boarding schools experience’s harm to American Indian children. Moreover, the literature provides a few methods as to how these victims might mend and move forward. The writer included Canadian literature in this review since Canada imitated U.S. policy in building schools for aboriginal children with similar results. (Canada uses the term ‘residential school.’)…
The novel The Education of Little Tree concentrates on the points that tells of a little boy’s life as a Native American. Little Tree’s parents passed away, so he moved with his grandparents in the mountains. During his stay, they informed him about his heritage. They thought if he didn’t know about the past, he wouldn’t have a future. Grandma and Grandpa said ‘If ye don’t know where ye people have been, then ye won’t know where your people are going.”(40)…
Cultural discrepancies always play a role when it comes to conflicts. For example, language act as a barrier when trying to get ideas across and are often at the root of all miscommunications. Excluding background differences, all people are human. They feel, they cry, they tend and they’re especially prone to mistakes and hypocrisy.…
Nine seconds left before halftime, the Indians only needs three points to be tied with the wildcats; number ten shoots for a tying score for the Indians. The crowed is on there toes, SWISH the Indian fans go wild, he made the shot and the score in now twenty six: twenty six. This basketball game is where it all started, I thought I met the guy of my dreams. I was a senior cheerleader for the Indians and my mother was working in the concession stand that night…
When he was a student he would remind and encourage himself that he was smart, arrogant, and lucky. He exceeded the presumptions made by the non- Native American teachers that Native American children are stupid and did not suppress his intelligence. Many years later, as a teacher, he again has to remind himself of this after observing the students who refuse to learn due to the fact that they have been taught to believe that they are not capable of succeeding in school. This is an effective conclusion because the author shows the audience that he is using his authority to make up for the mistakes of his past teachers. He is using his passions for reading and writing and tries to inspire the younger generations, hoping to save, not only his, but now, the lives of those in the community as a…
This is one example of the US Government’s attempt to assimilate Native Americans into white, mainstream culture by stripping natives of their heritage and cultural traditions. The goal of Indian boarding schools was to use education as a means to assimilate Native American children into white society. It was founded by a US Army officer by the name of Richard Pratt and his motto was “ kill the indian and save the man” (Gallow, L, 2017). One of the first things taken from Native students upon entering government boarding schools in the 19th century was their native language: children were punished for speaking their language aloud, and English was enforced as the only way to communicate. As a result, many generations of Native language speakers were deprived of the right to use their own languages.(Watkins, J, 2017)…