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'''It was interesting to read this account after reading "Too Dark to be Angels."''' To me it is sad that this little girl was so eager to go, but kids I guess are naturally curious, and on top of that she had probably already subconsciously absorbed much of the pressure to assimilate. It's telling that the little girl compares herself to the "young of a wild creature" (241) while on the train to school. The mother decides to send her daughter to the school because she knows there will one day soon be "fewer real Dakotas" and "more palefaces" (240), an environment that would force her daughter to assimilate. Perhaps she thought sending her to school at such a young age would save her the pain of having to give up her traditions later in life. -Mary Ann | '''It was interesting to read this account after reading "Too Dark to be Angels."''' To me it is sad that this little girl was so eager to go, but kids I guess are naturally curious, and on top of that she had probably already subconsciously absorbed much of the pressure to assimilate. It's telling that the little girl compares herself to the "young of a wild creature" (241) while on the train to school. The mother decides to send her daughter to the school because she knows there will one day soon be "fewer real Dakotas" and "more palefaces" (240), an environment that would force her daughter to assimilate. Perhaps she thought sending her to school at such a young age would save her the pain of having to give up her traditions later in life. -Mary Ann | ||
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| + | I found this story to be rather sad because I couldn't help but think that she would be miserable once she got to school. Most of the other accounts that I have read did not paint the schools set up for the Native American children to be happy places. However I thought the mothers take on the situation to show an incredible amount of foresight and wisdom in regards to her peoples situation and the growing need to assimilate. It did seem though that these missionaries were very misleading in their attempt to get children to attend.--Emma | ||
== Mrs. A. M. Green’s account of Frontier Life, 1887 == | == Mrs. A. M. Green’s account of Frontier Life, 1887 == | ||
