American Indians were marginalized by being kicked out of there homes and put in reservations without many resources. The Indian chiefs allowed the children to be sent to boarding schools and be educated. What they didn't know was these schools made for more then just the purpose of educating indians. The schools were setting out to "kill the indian, save the man" This meant that they were making the kids forget there indian traditions while being turing into American. According to the article once the chiefs found out about this and started taking the kids back the government started forcing American Indians to send there children to these schools. This made the indians feeling marginalized and like if they didn't have any control of what happened to there kids.
The purpose of Shanice's Essay was to inform. She wanted to inform people about how she lived and explain that besides being an Indian she still did normal things that we do. In the article Shanice said that she lived in a house with electricity and running water. She also explains that she also wears and does traditional Indian things but only on certain occasions. By saying these things she shoes that she's not different just because she's Indian. She does normal things and tradition things just like other people.
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