American Indian Assessment

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American Indians were marginalized because white people would take them away, try to force them to learn a new life style, and do things they wanted to do. In the article "Would We Be Killed?" it stated that "They marveled at the girls in long woolen dresses and pulled-back hair working at their sewing machines, at the boys with their military haircuts and neatly pressed trousers sitting obediently in their classes." Another example is that from one government agent after visiting Carlisle, “We have solved the Indian problem!” This proves that American Indians were pushes aside because many white people wanted to "kill the indian" inside the American Indians. 

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The purpose of Shanice Britton’s essay was to let the readers know that just because they are American Indians, doesn't mean that they still live like before. Shanice tells us that other people "have all these ideas about what that means— that I live in a teepee and wear moccasins and a headdress. But those are misconceptions." This shows that people exaggerate on the life of American Indians when they clearly don't live in the environment as before. Shanice also wants readers to know that American Indians still and will carry their traditions. On page 16 Shanice states that "It’s a tradition that’s been passed down from generation to generation." This means that the things they do will always be brought down for many more generations.