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During the second half of the 19th century there were increased efforts to assimilate the Native American Indians into the mainstream settler culture. This 7 page paper looks at the way this assimilation was undertaken and why it was bound to fail. The bibliography cites 8 sources.
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independence and the fight for freedom. However, not all aspects are as noble or glorious. The way in which the Native Americans were treated is often reviewed with sadness and
shame. The treatment has been one that has sought, in the past, to eradicate Native American culture and assimilate the Native Americans into the modern culture, civilising them, and at
the same time making is possible for the lands and resources to be reallocated to benefit the increasing level of the migrant population. The second half of the nineteenth century
was the time at which the assimilation attempts were at their height, but were also destined to fail. The reasons for the failure were manifold. The first argument is the
attitude with which this was undertaken. This was the traditional colonial attitudes that have been repeated throughout the world (Ferro, 1997). There is an inherent belief by those colonizing an
area that their own culture is more advanced and more civilised than that of the culture they are interacting with (Haralambos and Holborn, 2000). When travellers and colonists travelled to
foreign lands that were subsequently colonised they found peoples that were very different. The societal structure was perceived as heathen and less developed, even barbaric (Ferro, 1997). This was true
within the then US, there had been the perception of the Native Americans as different and inferior. As pressure for land increased a pragmatic approach was taken, and although there
had been the acceptance of the Native American culture in the past, there had always been the desire to assimilate them. This was seen as in the interests of all
concerned, but came from a very biased perspective. Land was a driver for the change in attitude and the desire to increase the
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