Marganilized Native Americans

For many years, Native American's were pushed aside. People who were ignorant and judgmental, thought of them as reckless and violent. The pushing away went as far as taking the children of the Native Americans and sending them away to schools. At the schools kids were prohibited from being themselves, any Native American tradition, food, or language, was taken from them forcefully. Ota Kte was part of the first school for Native Americans. They stripped him of his nature. "His long hair was cut short. His leggings and moccasins were taken away, replaced by an itchy wool uniform and black leather boots that squeaked with every step." He felt like he wasn't himself anymore, he felt lost. He no longer could openly be himself. Everything started to effect the children in the boarding schools. In his school- the first one built for the stripping of Native culture -Carlisle, the children started to rebel against the teachers and staff. "Two girls tried to set their dormitory on fire. Others tried to run away." Children were becoming tired of the cruelty, they began to try and escape it all. It wasn't easy. The kid tried many times to get help but no one would listen. The people who did this to them thought that it was the best.

The essay was to describe the new life of the tribes. She talked about how Native Americans were not reckless beast, but in fact civilized people. She showed that there aren't many Native Americans around today, but they still keep their traditions. In her reservations people tried everything they could to keep the Native American spirit going. Shanice explains it's hard to Native American out in the open world, because there aren't many left. Now she is in college and it's rare to find someone like her. Although her ancestors past has been difficult, she doesn't let it affect her negatively. On the contrary, she embraced the past and showed that Native Americans are strong together. Never were they a danger to anyone. They were just different from everyone else. She holds no resentment to the past, she saw that people were just close minded. Her essay showed that Native Americans are different in their own ways, but that they are still normal everyday people.