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Camino del Norte: How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, and Dirt Trails Evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas (review)

Camino del Norte: How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, and Dirt Trails Evolved into Interstate... 2oo7 Book Reviews97 so many of the newly arrived prisoners became ill within weeks of their arrival and some died. Second, he created a system whereby the confined men could organize their own policing force. With the success of this self-governing body, the Indians earned the right to visit nearby white communities, where they sold handicrafts, participated in social activities, and learned more about the outside world. Finally, Pratt worked toward the formal education of the prisoners by creating a prison school that operated on a regular basis with staffing by qualified teachers. Although most of die Indian prisoners responded warmly to Pratt's efforts, his blueprint for their future was paternalistic at the least and culturally genocidal at the worst. His well-remembered phrase, "kill the Indian in him and save the man," articulated his strong belief that Native American traditions had no future in the world. Only by destroying old values and lifeways could the indigenous people be acculturated into the "proper" white way of living. What may have seemed realistic and even altruistic to reformers of Pratt's day now seems to be the height of cultural arrogance and planned cultural destruction. Yet, despite all the efforts to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Southwestern Historical Quarterly Texas State Historical Association

Camino del Norte: How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, and Dirt Trails Evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas (review)

Wolfe, Steven H.
Southwestern Historical Quarterly , Volume 111 (1) – Jul 6, 2007
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2oo7 Book Reviews97 so many of the newly arrived prisoners became ill within weeks of their arrival and some died. Second, he created a system whereby the confined men could organize their own policing force. With the success of this self-governing body, the Indians earned the right to visit nearby white communities, where they sold handicrafts, participated in social activities, and learned more about the outside world. Finally, Pratt worked toward the formal education of the prisoners by creating a prison school that operated on a regular basis with staffing by qualified teachers. Although most of die Indian prisoners responded warmly to Pratt's efforts, his blueprint for their future was paternalistic at the least and culturally genocidal at the worst. His well-remembered phrase, "kill the Indian in him and save the man," articulated his strong belief that Native American traditions had no future in the world. Only by destroying old values and lifeways could the indigenous people be acculturated into the "proper" white way of living. What may have seemed realistic and even altruistic to reformers of Pratt's day now seems to be the height of cultural arrogance and planned cultural destruction. Yet, despite all the efforts to

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Published: Jul 6, 2007

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