You can trust the government, just ask any Native American.
You can trust the government, just ask any Native American.
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One of the prereqs I had to take ahead of nursing school was an early US history course, which focused heavily on how we treated Native Americans.
I already knew it was bad before that class. That 'already knew' was barely a scratch on the tip of the iceberg... and that class was a 101 level dip-your-toes-into-the-content-to-try-it-on but didn't go too deep into any one topic... so... maybe a solid dent in the tip of the iceberg? We are not good people.
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I’m Shoshone living in northern Nevada and the stories I’ve heard about just from older family members is terrible. As a quick example, my father and his older sister were taken to a boarding school in the mid 60s in Montana, where they were repeatedly beaten, and my aunt was sexually assaulted and my father, who was also left-handed was repeatedly beaten for being left-handed. After returning home my aunt said that she could not stop washing her hands because she had felt that she was dirty because of the color of her skin.
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Yup. Ottowae/Wyandotte descendant here. When I was young I used to hear my grandmother mention "Indian school". Always in passing and never elaborated on. As a child it was something I never thought much of. There's all sorts of schools out there. Religious and otherwise. I assumed it reference schools run by or on the reservations. Heh, nope. She passed long before I understood or ever thought to ask unfortunately.
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