American Experience
Season 4 Episode 13 - In the White Man's Image
6.9 ?
1988
Documentary
In 1875, in St. Augustine, Florida, an ambitious experiment was conceived -- to teach Native Americans to become imitation white men. With the blessing of Congress, the first school for Indians was established in Carlisle, PA, to continue the "civilizing" mission. Indian students ha their hair cut short, were forbidden to speak their native languages or to visit home for up to five years. By 1902, there were 26 reservation boarding schools. Although liberal for the times, it was cultural genocide -- a humanist experiment gone bad.
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2
LBJ (2)
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3
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4
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5
The Johnstown Flood
55 min
6
Pearl Harbor: Surprise and Remembrance
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7
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8
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9
The Quiz Show Scandal
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10
Love in the Cold War
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11
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In the White Man's Image
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