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Dear American public,

My name is Malachi Neely and I am a student of a boarding school. I’m going to tell you my story. It was horrible. I hated it. They tried to make us learn something we didn’t want to.

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January 15,1893

Dear Journal

Saturday we whatched a movie. Do you know what the movie was about? Cowboys and Indians. Here we’ra getting all our people killed, and that’s the kind of stuff they showed us. According to Col. Richard Pratt’s speech in 1892: “ A great general has said that the only good Indian is a dead one, and that high santion of his destruction has been an enormouse factor in promoting Indian massacres. In a sence, I agree with the

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November 3 ,1838

Im at home playing with my sister in our room my father was just leaving to go to work and my mother is cooking in the kitchen , as me and my sister are playing we hear aloud scream from downstairs from our mother then we hear her say kids hide so my sister started crying and I tried making her be quite once I did we immediently hid in the closet I shut my eyes when I opened them I see a white american person grabbing me and my sister and bringing us downstairs my mother tried to gather some things up but they took them out of her hand they took us outside and while I was I saw some of my friends getting pulled out of their house to my the same white american man we then started walking far away from our homes they then put chains on us so we couldn’t escape they told us why they took us from our homes they said that they were going to take over our land and leave us in another land .We have been walking for hours and days I couldn’t keep track of how long we have been walking. We finally stopped it was time to sleep im soo glad my mom was here with me I would lay with her and my sister on my moms lap . But the next day my mom seemed to be alittle strange I asked her if she was sick she told me no shes fine I said ok

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I was about four years old when this disaster happened. White skinned colored people came and forced our people walk. It was rough and rugged. People were dying left and right from this walk. I don’t understand why they did it. We walked so far in the winter. This article is for other Native Americans. To show how hard it was for us.

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Day 1, 1835, morning

Today we walked 10 miles everyone was fine but we lost people due to dysentery and frost bite we stayed in the barn for many nights it was hard for me to stay up I wish I could sleep hallucination occurred I dosed of for a good hour then proceeded to watch the natives suffer a kid woke me up looking sad cause his mom was sick I gave him hot water and a blanket then told him to go before his parents see him he told me his father died and his mom isn’t in good shape I told him stand tall.

Day2, 1835, night

Status: poor kids become sick so am I. I wish I could talk to Andrew Jackson himself and tell him he is wrong but I would be executed so I continue to struggle like the rest its cold I have warm blankets but the mud is mushy and cold and I get tired so I sleep again the same kid woke me up and said why are you guys moving us from our homes and continued to stare and I said I can’t control  the people who run this but I can say this you guys will need extra blankets cause we are coming across a river we will sleep there so gather blankets and plenty of warmth as you can now run along.

Day3, 1835, morning

Status: very poor its freezing lots of people are starting to die I am becoming more and more sickly and Andrew Jackson is telling us to kill the people with poison so the people were fed soup and crackers then a sudden noise struck the air guns and

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Have you ever heard of the of the Carlisle boarding school for the Native Americans, well im going to tell you about it from a young Native American child. Hi, I am a native American young boy, so on Monday of 1880 I was playing outside with my friends and in a split second I was taken from my home and taken to the Carlisle Boarding School in Pennsavannia. They took me there and they forced me to cut off my long hair. Also, they forced me to change my name to a white mans name. All my Indian in me was slowly forced out of me and replaced with Western traditions, language, education, and religion. They wanted to destroy the Indian in me. I had to were a military uniform and engage in mitary drills. The man who started all of this was Captian Richard Henry Patt was in the 10th

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Dear, American Government I am a teacher at Carlisle boarding school and I am against taking children away from their family and getting put in boarding school. Children shouldn’t get taken away from their family’s.

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Dear journal day 1  it is do  they are trying to teach us the American beliefs but I will not give up they already cut are hair what next this is a weird form of torture we are unpleasant to invaders but not this bad. I stole the one of are religious neck wear. My dad made it for me so the spirits would stick with me and protect me if I wear it.

Dear journal day 2 they have search are cabins for concubine and they found my necklace  my fought for it and hurt one of the masters and now I am in a metal room were I only get food and water they said 3 days till I am out.

Dear journal day 3 2 more days till I am out but now they took my deer skin coths and gave me pants and a shirt that was from boot cam she said nothing else happened.

Dear journal day 4 this is my last day in the metal change I have been saying religus chants in hear

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Dear Dakota Pipeline Builders, My name is Jalaylah Claitt , I am in 7th grade and I play for the 7th grade girls basketball team. I wrote this letter to show how much I love water ,animals, and my environment . Animals need water to keep them healthy and keep them alive . Also human need water to keep them alive also and  to keep them  healthy .

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The Government tried to assimilate  American Indians by sending school-aged Indian children to distant boarding schools where it was believed the Indian in them would be slowly replaced  by western traditions , language, education and, religion. Indian children were abducted by the Government (A.K.A Aliens) and sent off to institutions designed to destroy their cultural identity. They were the stolen generations.

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Alone. Afraid. Cold. Tired. My name is Nakoma. I am a proud Native. These white people came to our homes and took us away. They forced us to leave all of our belongings behind. I remember the day they came like it was yesterday. My sisters Adsila, Luya, and I were outside. We were playing dolls. Mama was in the house and Papa had just returned from hunting. All was merry. We heard screams of terror and crying coming from the woods as the white men dragged the families away. I remember trying to run but it was not worth it. They took mama and papa, my sisters, and I. Mama tried to grab blankets from inside knowing it was going to be cold soon. Papa didn’t sound scared, but looking into his eyes I knew that this was not going to end well.

We had been walking for a week. The weather was getting colder and colder. Adsila was only five and couldn’t withstand the torture the white men were putting us through. Luya was twelve and she was trying to take care of Adisila. Luya would carry Adisila when her legs got tired so she wasn’t dragged or left behind. I wanted to help my sisters but Mama was getting sick. Papa and I had to take care of her.  We didn’t have any blankets or extra layers to keep warm so at night we all had to huddle close for warmth.

I knew it was going to be soon. I woke up one morning and Mama wasn’t there. I ran up to a white man and begged him to tell me where my Mama was. “Your mama is dead now go with your Papa,” he said. I cried. “Stay strong Nakoma,” he commanded.

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Indian Boarding School

Dear American Public,

How would you like to be kidnapped to a boarding school?  These children were abducted and sent to a boarding school.  In this boarding school, Boys hair had to be cut off.  Also, they had to wear uniforms and practice military drills.  If they tried to escape, they would be shot.  Due to this situation, Pratt was told to take 72 Indian Prisoners to Fort Marion in Augustine, Florida.  Kids died from diseases like tuberculous, influenza, and trachoma.  Most people died at this boarding school from tuberculosis.

Kaleigh Martin

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Monday,June 10, 1879

Well it was a horrible day for me.I was in the house with my mother and father and brother.

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Dear Native American child,

My name is Nature and I am 14 years old . I just want to tell you that I’ve been in Carlisle Boarding School since I was four years old. You might like the school because you are going to make lots of friends. There are going to be things you may not like at all. They will cut your hair and change your clothing. While you are here you

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Raft Activity

December 9, 2016
Dear all other African americans and Americans, I am am a fellow African American who is protesting against the Dakota Pipeline. May I remind you that we all need to stand strong. The Dakota pipeline will affect our water. Water is not a renewable resource. If the water is affected by the oil, we will have no more water. The human body can only go three days without water. After the three days, the human population will start to die out. If you enjoy gardening, you will need water to help the plants or crops grow. Without the water, the plant will wither up and die. If anybody has a pet, you will need water. To either have the pet drink it, or if you have pet fish, you will need water for them to survive. Today we have taken the last straw. We will not lose. We need to stand strong.

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Dear journal

My expirence in bording school was a disaster I was humiliated in front of the jocks but there was one guy that stoll my girl friend in a street race his name was Isaiah agosto he drives a 2016 chevy comaro I drive a 1996 chevy impalla with a super charger an aloison trans with nos.

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Dear diary I am still at this awful boarding school.my teacher embarrassed me in front of my friends. It was just because I turned in a assignment late that does not mean embarrass me in front of my friends.

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Dear Amarican public,

Our people shoukd not be forced away from our family and our loved ones to be forced to learn others traditions,lanuguages,and religion.They started this in 1870s when the united states was still in war with the indians.We were tooken of our necklaces and other trible things that we charished.We were forced to were fancy clothing.we slept in bunks with other tribes that we didn’t know we were forced to pray to the god that they forced us to.Children died because of the illnesses that whent around the bording schools.we where not able to have our loved dream catchers.they will make us into what they wanted us to be just because we lived near them.
From,the native youth

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I,  Donald J Trump,My thought’s on the Dakota Pipeline  I know many kids in Dakota are active I have read their storie’s.One of the storie’s I have read is a girl named Tariq she enjoy’s playing basketball .She is 16 years old and lives in Bullhead,SD. She is in highschool often when your playing basketball you get thirsty but I have concerns about the water being full of oil.isaiah agosto

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By  <running fox> Michael Weber

Dear government as a native American youth I feel that we are treated differently because of our culture. I cant believe that you would make use cut our and rip away our culture. I am appalled that you said that the only good Indian is a dead one .

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Ceasi Ramos

Dakota Pipeline

12-9-16

Dear Donald Trump ,

Please stop supporting the Dakota Pipeline and reroute the pipeline to somewhere else. There is a high risk of the pipeline having a hole in it that might create an oil spill. The oil will make the Native American’s water source and pollute the water. Native people who are farming crops near the pipeline will end up getting their crops not growing. Crops need the water to grow and can be edible. Imagine if you  were a Native American and your water source was polluted. You wouldn’t like to have that happen to you. You would end up protesting about your water source. I hope you can change the pipeline route.

Sincerely,

Cesai Ramos

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Dakota pipeline letter

Dear: Donald Duck, I think that you should not have us out their building the Dakota pipeline. First of all its way to much work and too much money.

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Jacob Moser Dakota pipeline Donald trump pd 5
Good  afternoon my fellow Americans  I would like to discuss an important matter with you that divides us the Dakota pipeline. I personally support the pipeline the pipeline will help save us the costs of oil explosions and fires which will save the American oil truckers lives. The pipeline will also get us about 20,000 jobs with the pipeline I will keep my promise on creating jobs. The pipeline will also boost our economy and boost the stock market as well.

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Dear, American public

The Native Americans are slowly dying. I have seen kids walking with their mothers and fathers one day, and by themselves the next. I can’t keep getting these awful looks from these kids and even adults. They don’t get proper places to sleep

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Dear American Public,

My name is Corey Graham, I am a pipline builder. I’ve been trying to protest against my boss and co-workers. My boss always yells and says “ Do you want a job?!” I feel so bad that we are making their life harder. Every human being needs water. We have the pipline with oil if it burst and gets into their water it is poisonus and they could die. I know us people with clean water wouldn’t be so happy about us having dirty water. Some people just don’t care and are greedy. They also take stuff for

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Dear American public

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Dear boarding school teachers

My name is fergus smelcer and I don’t think kidnapping kids to bring them to a boarding school is right. I am a native youth and I am forced to go to a boarding school. I think its wrong how I am forced to change my language and my beliefs. Destroying my cultural idenity doesn’t make me feel impoprtant. Nobody has the right to cut off my hair. Having young children do military drills should be considered a crime.

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This is your presindent talking listen very carefully we need your land. This is why cause the americas need somewhere to live. yall can come over to sometime please.its wrong from trying to take the land from them but americans need to have a place to stay.

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I,  Donald J Trump,My thought’s on the Dakota Pipeline  I know many kids in Dakota are active I have read their storie’s.One of the storie’s I have read is a girl named Tariq she enjoy’s playing basketball .She is 16 years old and lives in Bullhead,SD. She is in highschool often when your playing basketball you get thirsty but I have concerns about the water being full of oil.

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I,  Donald J Trump,My thought’s on the Dakota Pipeline  I know many kids in Dakota are active I have read their storie’s.One of the storie’s I have read is a girl named Tariq she enjoy’s playing basketball .She is 16 years old and lives in Bullhead,SD. She is in highschool often when your playing basketball you get thirsty but I have concerns about the water being full of oil.

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Dear pipeline builders, please don’t build this pipeline. The pipeline would go straight through the Missouri River and that is where we get our water from. If the pipeline breaks it will make our water undrinkable and then we wouldn’t have another water source. Without water we would all eventually die of dehydration. Our water is important to us and if you build this pipeline you are basically you are taking that away from us. We use that water to drink, clean, and much more. Would you like it if we took your water from you? Probably not right? Water is important to all human life that includes

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Im a native american at this boarding school and they want us to learn English and were military clothes so we for get our native tribe and if we speak

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Dear President Trump

I think that the Dakota Pipeline should not billed because,it will go throug the Native American homes in North Dakota and South Dakota, Lowa and into illinois. If the pipeline bust in the water it will spill oil in the water

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Cynthia Loera

Dear President Trump

I’m tired of holding my tongue to keep my job. The fact that Illinois, North and South Dakota, and Iowa will be affected by this is a huge problem.  The pipeline is a ridiculous idea! Me, being a pipeline builder, shouldn’t say these this  if I still want to  to get paid. Even if I do get paid I could find another job, hopefully that one won’t have me do terrible things to other people. We are taking people’s land without their permission. The pipeline would affect many

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Keyora Frazier

Dear Pablo(Native youth),

How’s it going? Is everyone doing well? Tell my family that I miss them and im going to write them next month. I wanted to let you know how im doing and this place is horrible! They feed us disgusting lunch! But the bad part was when we arrived here because they made all of us cut our hair. Please tell our Native tribe that im am sorry. Tell my mother I ran away and was forced to cut my hair. Tell my baby brother horabo that I said happy birth and I love him and miss him. Oh, and I forgot “happy birthday day to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Pablo happy birthday to you!” Enjoy it while it last because I overheard the white men saying they were going to get you next year and bring you here.

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Glory McGowan              2O16DecemberIt is January 23rd1831. My name is Tanaki. I was 12when the White Men came.They killed my mother because she did not hurry or listen to them.They shot her for standing up for our tribe! And they wraped her in a blanket and carried her and throw her in a body of water behind our house. So now ishow my grief ill do what she couldn’t I will stand up for my culture. I am with my friends we are thinking up a scheme to esape this but it is too late we have already arivved so I say “NO !”I stand up for my people we fight back but we are to weak so I say to any of my people stand up for what you believe is wrong .

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Glory McGowan              2O16DecemberIt is January 23rd1831. My name is Tanaki. I was 12when the White Men came.They killed my mother because she did not hurry or listen to them.They shot her for standing up for our tribe! And they wraped her in a blanket and carried her and throw her in a body of water behind our house. So now ishow my grief ill do what she couldn’t I will stand up for my culture. I am with my friends we are thinking up a scheme to esape this but it is too late we have already arivved so I say “NO !”I stand up for my people we fight back but we are to weak so I say to any of my people stand up for what you believe is wrong .

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People of the american public, I would like to talk about something me and my brothers had to go through. Now, lets start out what I’m talking about. The indian boarding school. One day I was walking with my brothers and friends. We seen all of these men coming towards us. we got scared and started to walk faster, whitch, turned into a run. They got closer and closer……… until they grabed us up and drove off in their cars. When we arived were they were taking us, they took all of our speical native belongings  that we had. All the boys lined up in one line. An all the girls did the same. Me and my brothers refused to go into our lines. One of the men threated to hurt one of us if we didn’t do has they said.. I had no choice to let them go.as they walked away In tears I felt like I hurt them more then the men did. After that was settaled they said we would have new names. They called out the names and picked out the group. Jessica, Jake, Melissa, James…………………….and then they said Samantha, it was my new name. this was the worst day of my life. Why would they do this to us. don’t they care about others, I guess not. When everyone was done we went into a room. One by one we sat in a chair and got our hair shorter. Days tured into weeks, weeks turned into month