Some lofty promises here - however, will he follow through, no one will know, unless he is president and then it's too late. I didn't hear any specifics here either - he's going to get to the bottom of the Indian Trust Accounts, however, he doesn't say how and the DOI and Courts have been working on this issue, with no resolution, for over 10 years now...this by the way is the Obama YouTube site, so there are other videos here as well...he also told a group in SFO, CA that in the mid west folks during hard times *cling* to their religion and guns...which was a serious disconnect from them...so does this translate to Native Americans *cling* to their culture?
Americanization can refer to the policies of the United States government and public opinion that there is a standard set of cultural values that should be held in common by all citizens. Education was and is viewed as the primary method in the acculturation process. These opinions were harshly applied when it came to Americanization of Native Americans compared to immigrant populations who arrived with their "non-American traditions". The Americanization policies said that when indigenous people learned American customs and values they would soon merge tribal traditions with European-American culture and peacefully melt into the greater society. For example in the 1800s and early 1900s, traditional religious ceremonies were outlawed and it was mandatory for children to attend English speaking boarding schools where native languages and cultural traditions were forbidden. The Dawes Act of 1887 , which allotted tribal lands to individuals and resulted in an estimated total o