Question

Read the excerpt from "Last Rites of the Indian Dead."

Some of my own Cheyenne relatives' skulls are in the Smithsonian Institution today along with those of at least 4500 other Indian people who were violated in the 1800s by the U.S. Army for an "Indian Crania Study." It wasn't enough that these unarmed Cheyenne people were mowed down by the cavalry at the infamous Sand Creek massacre; many were decapitated and their heads shipped to Washington as freight.
Why does Harjo use the word violated instead of words like harmed or disturbed?
options:

Violated has the most negative connotation and emphasizes the army's brutality.

Violated has a weaker connotation that conveys the army's use of restraint.

It has a more positive connotation to show the army acted in the interest of science.

It has a more neutral connotation to demonstrate the army was doing its job.

Answer 1

Violated has the most negative connotation and emphasizes the army's brutality.

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