Why Indian Boarding Schools Were Unneeded

I believe that indian boarding schools were unneeded but some people disagree by saying it was a good place for indians to live but this is misguided. I think indian boarding schools were a horrible place for indians to live because they got beat and that could ruin self esteem. Some people think that indian boarding schools are just normal schools but I believe the way Americans treated indians at boarding schools was inhumane and unneeded, one reason was because they “killed the indian saved the man”. Another reason is that the indians were treated very poorly. And lastly the indians were physically punished. This is why indian boarding schools were unneeded

The first reason I believe indian boarding schools were unneeded was because they would “kill the indian save the man” they would take away family so you could never be with your family. They would take away language so you had to learn a new language and forget your native one. And not only that they would take away your home and they would move you …show more content…
One thing they did was they got beat for speaking their language as i mentioned in the paragraph with the boy that got thrown down the stairs, in addition they lost their native tongue because of being beaten, also they had to do embarrassing things like dance in front of other people.

In conclusion, I think the way they treated indians at boarding schools was unneeded and they did not have to be treated that way because it was killing the indian and saving the man, it was inhumane treatment, and it was horrible if you got physically punished. I understand some people might think indian boarding schools would be good but they are not because people were very punished for unneeded reasons. This is important to understand because indians were very mistreated for no reason maybe people need to think about how we could have handled this issue a different