6/12/17
Civilize Them With a Stick by Mary Brave Bird with Richard Erdoes
Describes education Native American children received
They were taken from their homes, religious views were forced upon them,
treated like they were uncivilized
Education intended to punish them for their culture and wanted to fix them
Unable to fit in when they return back home feeling isolated
Result of educational discrimination is mistrust and hatred for all white
people.
Because my Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian Who Saw Jimi
Hendrix Play the Star Spangled Banner by Alexi Sherman
Native American marriages used to end in civil manner
Now they fight until the very end because their whole lives have to do with
survival
White people coming in and taking over creates a constant need to fight to
survive
Indian fathers treated worse than white fathers when they leave their
children it is a behavior picked up from white men and therefore is seen as
assimilating to white culture