The Adawe Way

All the Indian there is...should be dead. Kill the Indian in him, and save the man." General Pratt spoke these words before developing the first Indian boarding school. It was under his leadership that thousands of Native American children were kidnapped from their homes and placed within forced assimilation camps. They were given English names and forbidden to speak their language, tell their stories, or sing their songs. If they resisted, they were bound, beaten, starved, and abused. The ...