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helemon
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Date: October 14, 2010 01:35AM
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Placement_Program"Supporters believed that exposure to white culture was beneficial to Native American children, and that it improved educational and economic opportunities, while critics believed the program undermined the children's Native American identity. These supporters failed to consider the educational and social issues that surrounded the beginning of the program. Another factor such people ignored is that Native American identity has deep religious implications, and in some ways rejection of Native American identity is similar to rejection of Jewish identity. "