I read a book about boarding schools for the Native children. I was shocked in the abuse boys and girls went through. I read about the rapes and beating these children had done, and not much to any teaching reading, writing, or math was tought. And all of this was to remove the indian out of these kids. This is just wrong. At a gathering I went to a woman not sure of her age told me the nuns took a ruler and beat her hands for speaking her language. I think some of the people here are older then I am. Im 42. Some of what I read, was before i could walk or born. I love to read these stories of the elders and learn of there past. Sue
Susan, for FYI, I recently turned 74! But there were no schools for Native American children in my area, so I didn't learn about such tragedies until I was in my mid 30's and had moved to Texas. At that time my husband was working with with a young Cherokee that had been raised and educated in schools in Oklahoma and I learned all I had known from him until I learned I had Indian heritage buried in my ancestry about 7 years ago and began my searches. Bettye ----- Original Message ----- From: "Susan Dabbs" <4him@1st.net> To: <CHEROKEE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 6:47 PM Subject: [Cherokee Circle] boarding schools >I read a book about boarding schools for the Native children. I was shocked > in the abuse boys and girls went through. I read about the rapes and > beating > these children had done, and not much to any teaching reading, writing, or > math was tought. And all of this was to remove the indian out of these > kids. > This is just wrong. > > At a gathering I went to a woman not sure of her age told me the nuns took > a > ruler and beat her hands for speaking her language. > > I think some of the people here are older then I am. Im 42. Some of what I > read, was before i could walk or born. I love to read these stories of the > elders and learn of there past. > > Sue > > > ==== CHEROKEE Mailing List ==== > <<>OPEN forum to all Cherokee topics - except Genealogy<>> > <>Culture-History-Language-Folk lore and Truths<> > Good Manners & Language is required to be on the list > ALL the links you will need to sub and unsub or contact listowner below > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/other/Ethnic-Native/CHEROKEE.html > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx > >