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Intentional Destruction of Native American Cultures
America claims to be accepting of other cultures. We all have
equal liberties; it even says so in our Constitution. Yet in the 1870’s,
the United States of America did the antithesis. The destruction of Native
American Cultures was intentionally and systematically carried out by
greedy opportunists, corrupt government officials and well-meaning, but
ignorant, soc ....
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.... Indian children were often sent to boarding schools. These
schools robbed them of their culture. It encouraged the Indians to be
ashamed of their heritage. This later caused many social insecurities in
the Indian people.
The social reformers of the day were well meaning, but very
ignorant. They saw the Allotment Act as a way to give Indians land. To
them, the boarding schools were seen as a positive way to assimilate the
Indian children ....
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