Forced Assimilation of Native People
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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4.2 • 11K Ratings
🗓️ 6 May 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
For centuries the U.S. government conspired to persecute, attack and marginalize the native population. When open warfare became too expensive, some factions of the government proposed a different approach -- what if, they wondered, we erase native culture? This inspired a massive industry of forced assimilation. Thousands of children were forced into boarding schools where they were taught to act more 'European' while being abused, exploited and placed into forced labor. Tune in to learn more about the conspiracy of forced assimilation, and how its long-reaching consequences affect the country in the modern day.
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| 0:00.0 | Picture Miami. Picture its beaches. Picture three radio journeys. |
| 0:05.8 | Assassinated in cold blood. This is silenced. The radio murders. |
| 0:12.0 | They left the body there for reason. It was the calling card. It's like the mafia is to do. |
| 0:17.3 | The mastermind has never been caught. To find him, we had to go deep into a world of drugs and darkness. |
| 0:24.7 | And there were these hints of a much bigger conspiracy. |
| 0:28.7 | This year I clearly gave a green light. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm Osvaloshan. Listen to silenced. The radio murders. Wherever you get your podcasts. |
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| 0:58.7 | For political reasons. What was so big about this incident? |
| 1:03.1 | On NPR's new podcast Taking Cover, we unravel the story behind the worst marine on marine friendly fire in modern history. |
| 1:10.3 | And why it was kept secret. What did you have to hide? |
| 1:13.9 | Listen to Taking Cover on NPR's embedded on the I Heart Radio app or wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:20.3 | Just a few miles off the Thailand coast. The island of Kothau looks like a postcard. |
| 1:27.5 | I'd underneath the surface lies something sinister. |
| 1:31.5 | In the last 20 years, dozens of tourists have died mysteriously on the island. |
| 1:36.5 | A dark cloud who's come over the island. Death, mystery, and danger. |
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