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llashram

(6,265 posts)

20. yeah I know

Reply to wnylib (Reply #17)

Thu May 12, 2022, 11:02 AM

May 2022

and many died. That is indisputable. From the very first "after the savages" uttered by the conquerors of America, they DID NOT assimilate. Out of millions of First Americans facing the conquerors of America, how many were left after the genocidal push to kill all the "savages" fighting for their land? The First Americans, they was robbed...and killed and assimilated.

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US finds 500 Native American boarding school deaths so far [View all] Omaha Steve May 2022 OP

My heart hurts for them. I'm glad this is being worked on. chowder66 May 2022 #1

Pupils at Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Pennsylvania, c. 1900 Goonch May 2022 #2

That being one of the worst. niyad May 2022 #6

It was also the first, I think. wnylib May 2022 #15

It was. An appalling, horrific place. niyad May 2022 #18

I don't doubt that for a minute. wnylib May 2022 #21

I live in Carlile ... SomewhereInTheMiddle May 2022 #23

I had a Hopi Indian friend in the late 60s... myccrider May 2022 #24

Haunting. Just doing God's will of course. czarjak May 2022 #12

The concept was developed by a military officer. wnylib May 2022 #16

A friend who has passed on may have been a survivor. Tetrachloride May 2022 #3

not surprised llashram May 2022 #4

But assimilation did not happen. wnylib May 2022 #17

yeah I know llashram May 2022 #20

Recommended. H2O Man May 2022 #5

My tears flow PurgedVoter May 2022 #7

Without. A. Doubt. Raster May 2022 #8

For folks living in Wisconsin. Boarding Schools Seasons. 1900-1940. usaf-vet May 2022 #9

my question is - bluboid May 2022 #10

A variety of entities ran U.S. Boarding schoolls. shrike3 May 2022 #19

There were over 200 recorded deaths at Carlisle, the first of these horrors, alone. niyad May 2022 #11

Another dirty secret from our past with indigenous people Bayard May 2022 #13

Once the GQP takes power, this is another chapter... Mawspam2 May 2022 #14

Nevada checking in ampm May 2022 #22

K&R Demovictory9 May 2022 #25

A similar atrocity: artemisia1 May 2022 #26