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  Navdeep Badhan (He/Him)

  February 9, 2024 at 2:26 pm Reply

  It is upsetting that attempts to educate Native Americans were mainly implemented to introduct them to Christianity and spread it further to their tribes.

  Nonetheless, even if embracing the Native American heritage and coexisting was possible, Native Americans were still subject to the limitations imposed by their ill-prepped immune system.

  Many Native American students ultimately succumbed to illness during their educational journeys at the colonial colleges, some even passing away very close to commencement.

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  Aidan Pena (he/him)

  February 10, 2024 at 2:26 pm Reply

  Untameable savage spirit, end of page 440 and top of page 441:
  I’m a bit surprised that nobody in class mentioned the passage of the young Native American boy who ran 300 miles from the College of William and Mary. He found his way across the James River and then through the woods, all the way back to his home with no provisions or any supplies to help him. I find it almost laughable how the unhappiness of the Indian students and the conditions they were subjected to in these colleges was so bad, that a boy of nine or ten years old went through such extraordinary means to avoid them.
  Thelin, page 16:
  I also found it interesting that gifts towards colleges during colonial times were looked upon so favorably, especially when compared to today. Not only was it believed that generous donations would help place one in heaven, but they would also allow immediate rewards in life. I am referring to the fact that three conviceed pirates in London “donated” 300 pounds to the college of william and Mary in exchange for escaping the gallows. Looking it up, this value translates to anywhere from 30,000-70,000 U.S dollars today (which may not be entirely accurate), and I just find it surprising how vastly things have changed; particularly because these days gifts in the hundreds of thousands and millions seem to be the standard for Ivy Leagues.

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  Diaa Zedeia

  February 10, 2024 at 6:34 pm Reply

  I really never understood why these white men abused the native tribes of this land and caused them so much discrimination in the first place. The idea of causing this much abuse and discrimination against the Native Americans on their land is absurd.

  In today’s article, this discrimination continues even in the Colonial Colleges. Native American students were mistreated by the colonial powers, the reason for this is because the colonial colleges generally failed to accommodate their cultural differences and often subjected them to discrimination and marginalization.