Adapting to a new culture, civilized mores, and learning a new religion are results of going to the forced assimilation of St. Lucy’s and Native Americans into the European-American culture. The assimilation took in “Most Indians that lived in extreme poverty, suffering from a poor diet, inadequate housing and limited health care..” (Assimilation) The school convinced the parent’s that St. Lucy’s was going to let them have a better life, a human life, and have the life that the parent’s never had.(St. Lucy’s)
