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Pratt's Experiment Summary

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In 1879, when Pratt started to experiment with the Natives to which started teaching them English and Christianity as well as employment trades, not just the change of language or the practice of a religion without their consent, but they were actually being trade for employment to work as a young age, and not just that but Pratt stated or referred to them as objects not humans. Which is really inhumane by stating that he was actually “fixing them” like if there was something wrong with them and they needed fixing, treating them like things like you were to fix your car, or computer. “Not so surprisingly, the inmates overwhelmingly chose conversion and assimilation to longer imprisonment, so Pratt saw his experiment as a success and published
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