Christians know all about “forced assimilation” of children

In the United States, <a href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwiK0sqZvv2AAxX4ATQIHSOjAmEQFnoECBgQAw&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.edweek.org%2Fleadership%2Fnative-american-children-endured-brutal-treatment-in-u-s-boarding-schools-federal-report-shows%2F2022%2F05%23%3A%7E%3Atext%3DTens%2520of%2520thousands%2520of%2520Native%2CU.S.%2520Department%2520of%2520Interior%2520found.&usg=AOvVaw064CMZBcLiE-_sjGAVNPHi&opi=89978449" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">between 1819 and 1969</a>, thousands of Native American children were starved, whipped, forced to change their names and forget their languages. Their long hair was shorn, and their clothes changed, every part of their culture forcefully removed from their identity. Capt. Richard C. Pratt, a Baptist, was headmaster and founder of the Carlisle Boarding School. He said, “Kill the Indian, and Save the Man,” and also, “the Only Good Indian is a Dead Indian.” With this motto, assimilation was frightfully successful in this country. Today, very few Indians remain, even fewer know their original culture and traditions. Pitifully, many remaining still rely on their former executioners for aid and education. They send their children to Catholic schools, pray in churches and live as Christians. <a href="https://medium.com/@evankwsky/christians-know-all-about-forced-assimilation-of-children-d3cdb6076702">Read More</a>