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A Comparison Of Morris Indian High School And The University Of Minnesota

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There are many similarities between both Morris Indian High School and the University Of Minnesota. Morris Indian High school had a great impact on both baseball and native American culture when it comes to college. Morris was able to open a a lot of opportunities for native American’s to be able to have path ways to attend colleges including the University of Minnesota. The Morris high school opened up many pathways for native American’s to succeed and go on to college and even farther with baseball. Morris was one of the top teams in the history of Minnesota. It really changed how peoples perspective within the sport of baseball. Sports in this country have a way of going outside just that sport. Sport players are looked up to by millions of people and how they act has people following. This opened up the door for Native American’s to be looked at within baseball and outside of the sport. University of Minnesota is very similar in which athletes are held as role models and some people will follow how they act. It opened how people view college athletes as players and people.
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The school tried to change them and make them more American. They wanted them to change their language, religion, clothes and really anything to make them more like American’s. The girls went to the World Fair in 1904 for several reasons. It was team’s sports for the “fairer sex” It was not only for culture entertainment, but also to show these girls had incredible skills in basketball. The boarding school also wanted to show that they helped these native American girls “adopt the American way.” These girls were able to overcome everything and become great players and an incredible

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