"Kill the Indian, Save the Man": this takes me back to week #4 and #5 readings and the idea of white people setting the rules. We constructed the idea of what a man entailed. Not hunting, living in the woods, and killing animals with other men. A man to the rule setters back then was someone civilized, dressed nicely, Christian, republican, intelligent, clean, etc. Who were we to say that was right? And of course, that decision to decide what a man is still holds ground today, as all white trends set back then do.
Native American children were taken at the age of 4 to be sent to boarding schools. You could've been gone for 12 years away from your family. This is somewhat like the reading last week with the black woman identifying as white. These native americans were given the chance to fit in with the dominant white majority. While these schools were mandatory, I can see why some parents might see the sacrifice of american indian traditions worth it in order for their children to escape the discrimination that prior generations faced.
Lasting effects: physical and emotion scars on students that poorly prepared them to become successful parents. Instead, we have parents now using tactics that were once used on them or parents who don't know what kind of tactics to use with such a broken view and memory of traditional ways. Patterns like loneliness and lack of love transmitted through generations. Effects seen in abuse rates, drinking rates, homicides, and suicides of boarding school survivors.