Native Americans then and now

             I read the scope article "Would we be killed". It is two different little stories one about the Indians and the schools , the other is an essay about a girl who talks about her life. Indians were marginalized because "the white man" would take them from their homes and "kill the indian , save the man". They would torture the kids until they were the same as them. As if their ways before were bad (which they weren't). They would be forced to speak English and they would not eat the same food, not wear the same type of clothes, and more. In the article it says that "It was not Pratt's plan to simply educate these children and teach them English. He also planned to "civilize" them---to strip them of their traditions and ways of life." This shows that he tricked the chiefs at first to kind of do a test run. This test run worked so then it became mandatory for the Indian children to go here and basically (be stripped of their color) lose whom they really are. Their traditions and their religion everything that reminded them of who they are and where they belong. I say that they were stripped of their color because when you think of a color you think it's 'pretty' or 'fun', but basically it's like what is life without color. It would never had been the same. When you take a person in hopes of changing exactly to who you are that's an inhumane act. It is down right bogus and messed up.

         Shanice has it good, but her ancestors have been through so much. She is a very grateful girl whom had grown up in a neighborhood with all Indians and she wouldn't imagine her life without all the things she does with her tribes. She has accomplished many things in life and she went through school and she was on to college. Back then the schools were practically dangerous and sad. Back then people used to get beat for disobeying rules and doing something they weren't supposed to do. Schools back then for Indians were very racist. I say this because they would strip them of everything they knew. Everything they grew up with and that is really sad. Shanice lives a good life and she feels bad for her ancestors because of what they had to go through.