Through doing the annotated bibliography, it has given me a better sense of direction. As I have said before, I am one who is not easily satisfied and often likes to change my topic when I find something else that interests me. For my proposal I settled on Native American education. I thought I would research and discuss how they have progressed and whatnot but through doing the bibliography I have discovered that idea to be way too broad. I have now narrowed my idea to researching primarily the boarding schools many Native American children were forced into. It's not due until next week, but this is also getting me thinking hard on my outline. I have not written anything down but there are many ideas. Of course, that should be natural considering I just went through 10 sources covering this topic.
One thing that is kind of bugging me is I cannot place where I had heard the name Richard Pratt before. He is the man who thought up the idea of stripping the natives of their culture through the boarding schools. I am certain I have heard the name before but not so sure if it is the same Richard Pratt or a coincidence. I am convinced it must be the same man but I still can't place it, though he is a famous historical figure so it shouldn't be surprising.
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