Grande and NRP Readings. Education Book Review assignment

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Grande and NRP Readings
Question 1
Grande focuses on three distinct eras of Native American education, namely, the period of missionary domination, which was between the 16th and 19th centuries, the period of federal government domination that lasted between the late 19th and the mid-20th centuries, and the period of self-determination, which started from the mid-20th century to present (Grande 12).
Question 2
The state and the church collaborated to spearhead the common agenda of white supremacy during the missionary era of Native American Schooling by developing new schools for the Indian students. The project was easily catapulted when the church posed as sole developers and leaders of school whereas the federal government served as the financier of this projects by availing political and economic capital in the name of civilization fund. The federal government planned to raise this funds by adjusting the taxation rate on all government employees (Grande 12). The missionary and the state’s scheme to domineer the locals were by impressing on their mind with the welcoming and generous gestures so that they can cooperate with its policies and measures as it may deem happiness for their civilization (Grande 12). Undeniably, the major roles of the stakeholders including the church, teachers, missionaries and the government leaders were civilizing the Native Americans by saving souls through religion and colonizing minds through education.
Question 3
When the US federal government took over the control of the Native American Schools, their original purposes changed inevitably. The Federal government continued to support the creed of forced labor that was introduced by the missionaries into the Indians schools to transform them into a profit-generating enterprise (Grande 13). In addition, the federal government substituted Indian’s day school mode with boarding school as it was wary of the student’s proximity to their families and communities. The introduction of boarding schools was meant to deculturize the Indian students. The explicit goals of the boarding schools were to eradicate the use of native language, destroy Indian traditions and religion and teach allegiance to the state (Grande 14). Moreover, the federal government instilled the value of work ethic and the concept of the necessity of labor. The value of work ethic was the most important feature of the boarding school as it taught the Indians to grow their economy.
Question 4
The statement “Kill the Indian to save the man,” essentially meant to eradicate the Indians generations through brainwash and assimilation. The tactic was executed by capturing all the Indian children from their homes and send them board...