Ethnic Studies
Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding Schools
Unspoken: Native American Boarding Schools http://www.pbs.org/video/unspoken-americas-native-american-boarding-schools-oobt1r/
Short Answers [2-4 sentences]: answer these questions below (10 points) and view these other items for the bonus questions (5 pts)
- What is Assimilation? Give examples of how it was implemented. (2 pts)
- How were the children treated that was like the military? What did General Pratt at Carlisle say about killing Indians? (2 pts)
- How might children raised in Boarding Schools have a difficult time becoming good parents? Discuss ideas of nurture; what does sexual abuse do? (2 pts)
- How did Boarding Schools make some Indians stronger? What eventually happened in modern schools? (2 pts)
- Name one of the famous people mentioned who excelled although they were in Boarding School. What were their accomplishments? (2 pts)
Bonus:
- How do Native American mascots affect some people both negatively and positively? (2 Bonus pts)
- Discuss the intergenerational trauma in each of the two clips below. Name the clip you are referring to (3 Bonus pts)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G1TCQf2NTFc&t=4s
Our Spirits Don’t Speak English: Indian Boarding School
More information on Intergenerational Trauma.
https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/news/our-spirits-dont-speak-english-indian-boarding-school-2/
