While utilizing the two quotes below, describe and evaluate the Indian Boarding Schools system and relate them to the information found in chapter 11 (p. 365-381) of First Americans. (Reading for Module 6 in addition to any additional reading, lecture and/or film material provided by the instructor.)
The following quotes are from Henry Ward Beecher and Sitting Bull. Conduct simple internet research to learn about these men.
“The common schools are the stomachs of the country in which all people that come to us are assimilated within a generation. When a lion eats an ox, the lion does not become an ox but the ox becomes a lion.”
Henry Ward Beecher
“If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary, that eagles should be crows.”
Sitting Bull (Teton Sioux)
Then read the following quotes carefully and relate each quote to the mission and activities of the Indian boarding schools. In your answer be sure to discuss how Henry Ward Beecher and Sitting Bull’s beliefs and life experiences might have prompted them to issue these quotes.
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- This should be between 5 – 7 pages
- Arial, double spaced and 12-point font
- Completely document all sources used in the text
- References cited page
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