Re: (Free Tibet) Why Tibet??

In soc.culture.hongkong Makoto Taniguchi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

: Oh give me a break, it's been clearly documented that the Native
: children were beaten down by the nuns who ran the missionaries
: whenever they spoke their own language.

Not usually nuns -- the vast majority of the "Indian Mission Schools" were 
Protestant, not Catholic. No nuns. 

Native children were forced to wear European dress, forbidden from
speaking their native language, were expected only to learn European 
manners, history, and social customs -- in other words, they were expected 
to erase their Native identities entirely. It was part of a plan to 
assimilate Native Americans into mainstream culture, to "civilize" them, 
as they put it. 

Catholics were regarded with suspicion in most parts of the country, so 
Protestants, especially Baptists, tended to run the schools. California, 
New Mexico, and western Arizona had some Catholic missions because of 
Spanish/Mexican influence in those areas. 

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Pilar