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The movie “Where the Spirit lives” expressed two different views on the native peoples ne is that the government tried to assimilate the native culture into a society that was far different from theirs. The second is that the government set a law enforcing that if the native children left the schools they had no choice but to go back to the reserve. Viewing this movie, the main problem that was shown was that the …

…them in a society that was far different from their own. The school system tried to change their beliefs and steal their heritage from them almost like a brainwash was the government’s goal. They were taken from their language, background, family and beliefs. The end result was the children returning to the reserves where they felt loved and cared for not like the society that we presently live in which is prejudice by nature.