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Mary Englunds An Indian Remembers
Title: Mary Englunds An Indian Remembers
Category: Society & Culture / People
Details: Words: 1693 | Pages: 7.2 (approximately 235 words/page)
Mary Englunds An Indian Remembers
This paper is an attempt to discuss the biography of Mary Englund’s An Indian Remembers based on her childhood experiences in a Christian European convent. Her story starts from the day she is taken away from her family to be civilized in a distant residential school. Englund’s experience in the school could be described as European way of civilizing the young native people that includes compulsory assimilation, segregation, control and racism. The concept …showed first 75 words of 1693 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1693 total…could have if she stays in her village. However, looking at the other side of it, the purpose of civilizing the Natives is never been for the best interest of their well-being but for the advantage of the Europeans. In conclusion, Englund’s experience in the Mission reflects the exploitation of native children by the European colonialists.
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Works Cited:
Englund, Mary. “An Indian Remembers”. Academic Reading: Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines. Peterborough: Broadview, 1995. 426-442
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