The Struggle Of Anglo-Dakota Daughters In The 1800's

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The article that I just looked over was set in the mid 1800’s and it tells of the struggles that the Anglo-Dakota daughters faced and of the struggles that their children had to deal with. Such as the struggle of which culture that they wanted to identify themselves with, either the Anglo-American culture, the Native American culture, or a mix of both cultures in this time in Minnesota. There were many challenges that bi-cultural mothers faced in the 1800’s such as when a Native American woman married an Anglo-American man she would probably have to give control of her children to the husband. Another hardship that native American had to face was the fact that they were going to be in most times a loveless relationship. But they ignored

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