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Originally Posted by icecube
No, they just wanted to kidnap the children from their homes, assimilate them, rape them, starve them, treat them like slaves, etc., out of the kindness of their hearts  |
They did do it out of the kindness of their hearts based on terrible assumptions
They were saving kids from savages and turning the next generation of Indians into functioning members of society. They were saving kids. With the benefit of history it looks horrific but based on the values at the time it was better than killing the savages.
I think that they continued into the eighties is more of an embarrassment then that they were started.