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" We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take great care of their education, instruct them... "
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by Benjamin Franklin - 1804 - 59 pages
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Chemawa Indian Boarding School: The First One Hundred Years, 1880 to 1980

Sonciray Bonnell - Education - 1997 - 162 pages
...We are however not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia...Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them.8 Regardless of the different conceptions of education that Canasatego spoke of, colonial powers,...
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To Live Heroically: Institutional Racism and American Indian Education

Delores J. Huff - History - 1997 - 248 pages
...nothing. We are however, not the less obligated by your kind offer, though we must decline it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, instruct them in all we know and make men of them. 1 The chiefs' rejection...
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Studying Native America: Problems and Prospects

Russell Thornton - Indians - 1998 - 468 pages
...or kill an Enemy, spoke our Language imperfectly,... were totally good for nothing.... However,... if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen...instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them." 1 1 Nor did Native Americans given a Christian education in early colleges necessarily stay Christian...
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Native American Higher Education in the United States

Cary Michael Carney - Education - 1999 - 218 pages
...are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we decline accepting it; and, to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Langer, 1996: Otis, 1971,...
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The British Museum Encyclopedia of Native North America

Rayna Green, Melanie Fernandez - History - 1999 - 228 pages
...to show our grateful sense of it, the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their Sons, and we will take great Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. 1n 1840, the Cherokees decided to set up their own free state school system. By 1846, 21 state schools...
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Spirit Wars: Native North American Religions in the Age of Nation Building

Ronald Niezen - History - 2000 - 280 pages
...to show our grateful sense of it, the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of theit Sons, and we will take great Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them, (cited in Green 1989, 11( suicide, is so common among those who attended Indian residential schools...
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The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University

Frank Harold Trevor Rhodes - Education, Higher - 2001 - 300 pages
...We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education; instruct them in all we know and make men of them. The need here is for mutuality...
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Aboriginal Education: Fulfilling the Promise

Marlene Brant Castellano, Lynne Davis, Louise Lahache - Education - 2000 - 300 pages
...yours ... We are ... not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and to show our grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take Care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. (Drake 1834, 27) In the...
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American Indians: Answers to Today's Questions

Jack Utter - History - 2001 - 522 pages
...grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take care of their Education, instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them. K-1. What is the general history of education programs for American Indians? The hundreds of tribes,...
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Building a New System: Colonial America, 1607-1763

Education - 2003 - 374 pages
...We are, however, not the less oblig'd by your kind Offer, tho' we decline accepting it; and, to show grateful Sense of it, if the Gentlemen of Virginia will send us a Dozen of their Sons, we will take care of their Education; instruct them in all we know, and make Men of them." Exerpted from an article...
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