EDUC 182AC Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Native Tongues, Richard Henry Pratt, Society For Biodemography And Social Biology
23 Feb 2017
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After civil war, soldiers went west to fight na wars: eugenics was also introduced at this time. Eugenicists wanted: charles davenport, one of the founders of eugenics (not a fringe ideology, harvard phd, became professor of zoology at harvard. Argued that there was a gene for feeblemindedness : wrote heredity in relation to genetics. Argued key problem was inferior stock breeding at higher rates than superior stock. Led to establishment of indian boarding schools: 26 founded nationally by 1902, funded by the bia, richard henry pratt and indian education. Leader of the 10th cavalry: aa buffalo soldiers and indian scouts, moved indian tribes to reservations to make room for settlers. Indians continued raids (buffalo, supplies) because impossible to live on reservations: supplies sent by bia insufficient or spoiled, bia notoriously corrupt, pratt asked to imprison 75 warriors in fort marion, fl. Indian warriors given hair cuts and trained in arms.
