3/27 Synthesis Homework

            The United States is well known for its racial policies and this includes against the Indigenous people of Coast Salish. These people were pushed out of their homeland for westward expansion, and then to acquire more land from these people, both the United States and Canada tried an assimilation tactic so the Coast Salish people would not feel like they would need their own personal space. The United States and Canada did this by promoting schooling; boarding school in the United States and residential schools in Canada. These schools forced the Indians to only speak English and go to Church. Not being compliant would lead to punishment.

            These actions were taking place up until the 1980s and early 90s which is shocking. Even more surprising was how the United States cooled down and stopped the abusive policies, but Canada continued. Of all the countries in the world, Canada would be the last one that I could think of that would be abusive to a minority. Although to the common people, creating school for Indians seems like a good deed in trying to educate the “less fortunate”, it is really just a front.