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Below are some details from the transcript "American Indian Boarding Schools Haunt Many."

"Wright says matrons bathed him in kerosene and shaved his head."
"Students at federal boarding schools were forbidden to express their culture - everything from wearing long hair to speaking a single Indian
word."

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1."Wright recalls being punished for speaking his native language and forced to speak only English."

2."Many students were also forced to leave their families behind and live at the boarding schools year-round, far away from their communities and cultural traditions."

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