The Brutal History of Americanization of Native American Children

How Native children were separated from their families in the name of “cultural assimilation”

Kamna Kirti
The Collector
Published in
4 min readFeb 4, 2021

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Four Native American children before and after assimilation. They were admitted to Carlisle Indian Industrial School
Source-Public Domain

For centuries, the US has had a long and brutal history of wiping out the Native American population and systemic racism. Lands were snatched from the natives, they were confined to small patches…

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Kamna Kirti
The Collector

Art and life enthusiast. I engage with art at a deep level. I love to document my life experiences. Mama to Yoda 🐕 and Rumi 👨‍👧‍👶