“Kill the Indian, Save the man,”was Capt. Pratt’s infamous speech in 1892 on the integration of Native Americans into mainstream America by robbing them of their identity.Indians in North America were forced into residential boarding schools to promote assimilationist policies. By 1973, there were still 60,000 Indian children in residential schools in the US (Waller 2017).
In Canada, many of these kids were abused. Alsena White, 67, Canadian Native Indian recounts her experiences in the Canadian residential school system.
Just another Indian’: Surviving Canada’s residential schools
A survivor of schools that took Indigenous children from their families shares her story of abuse...
E.Christabel Unobe
Researcher: Transnational Corporations, Gender, HR, Transitional Justice, Mass Atrocities, Racism, Forced Displacement.
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