Would We Be Killed?

American Indians were marginalized over time by tricking parents so they were able to take there children to school in the East so they can be raised differently by taking away there cultures. Captain Henry Pratt wanted to get rid of the Indians so when he got the children to the school in the East he would strip them of there traditions by attempting to turn them into "Americans" and to have them leave there indian-ness I know this because in the article it states "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. Pratt believed that the children needed to completely abandon their "Indian-ness" in order to succeed in America."

Shanice wrote this essay to inform people that when someone says they are "Native American" the first thing that usually comes to peoples minds are tepees,moccasins and headdress. But she doesn't want people to be stereotype and think that because she is just like any other normal teenager, but she still does things to keep her culture alive like bringing deer jerky to her dorm room or hunting fish by poking them with a metal prong as they swim by.