Why is it important to the authors to make distinctions between the educational experiences of Indian children and those of white children?
1. It is important to the authors to make distinctions between the educational
experiences of Indian children and white children because the educational experience
of Indian children consisted of the children being taken against their will to attend a boarding school where you had to do what the authorities at the time (whites) told you. It was a cold and unsafe place for them. Whereas, White children didn't even have to worry about anything, they had a safe educational space.
Explain the authors' resistance and hostility toward "sympathetic whites" and their educational models for Native children. How do they see the work of "do-gooders, the white Indian lovers"?
2.The authors see the work of "do-gooders" as they kinda see it as making the natives into somewhat "civilized people" so they can make them dress like a white man and have a christian family, and make them learn english. All as if they are trying to say that they are uncivilized people. Basically separating them from their culture completely
Historically, how and why did non-natives justify interfering with Native American beliefs culture, and lifestyle? Give examples from the reading.
3. The whites interfered with the Native Americans culture, belief, and lifestyle by settling on their land claiming it as theirs, and called the Native Americans "savages" and saw their lifestyle and culture as inferior. This is because Whites saw this group of minorities as inferior and uncivilized.
"The United States will be governed by such considerations of justice as will control a Christian people in their treatment of an ignorant and dependent race." What do you think of this statement? How has this attitude played out in policies implemented by the U.S. Federal Government toward Native American tribes?
4. I think this statement is very racist in a sense where they used religion as an excuse to cause harm to Native Americans. This attitude plays out in policies in the U.S. federal government toward native americans by having the "removal of indians Act in 1830." forcing the Native Americans out of their homes.
Summarize what this case was about and what the outcome or decision was (one or two sentences is sufficient here).
5. The case of Elk v. Wilkins, 1884 talked about how John Elk, a Winnebago man was denied the right to vote when he was born a United States citizen. The supreme court decided against this because of the fourteenth amendment stating "all persons born or
naturalized in the united states, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.'