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Date Posted: 21:25:10 03/21/07 Wed
Author: Kelly Folsom
Subject: Re: Ethnic Identity
In reply to: Miriam Dolin 's message, "Ethnic Identity" on 15:41:39 03/18/07 Sun

From a historical perpective I am reminded of the formation of Indian schools in US during 19th century, the goal of which was to "weed out the Indian, and leave the man." These attempts of assimilation failed dramatically since the adolescents that it produced were so confused about their identity (spiritual beliefs, occupational goals, ethnicity, etc.) that they had no place safe or comfortable to build an identity. White society did not accept them because they were easily identified as an "indian", while their tribes refused to accept them because they had no connection to the tribal customs and belief systems.

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