Mary Englunds An Indian Remembers

This paper is an attempt to discuss the biography of Mary Englund’s An Indian Remembers based on her childhood experiences in a Christian European convent. Her story starts from the day she is taken away from her family to be civilized in a distant residential school. Englund’s experience in the school could be described as European way of civilizing the young native people that includes compulsory assimilation, segregation, control and racism. The concept …

…have if she stays in her village. However, looking at the other side of it, the purpose of civilizing the Natives is never been for the best interest of their well-being but for the advantage of the Europeans. In conclusion, Englund’s experience in the Mission reflects the exploitation of native children by the European colonialists. Bibliography Works Cited: Englund, Mary. “An Indian Remembers”. Academic Reading: Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines. Peterborough: Broadview, 1995. 426-442