;s story starts with the catholic schools, where her and many other Indian children were forcefully taken away from their families in hopes to destroy the old life of Indian tradition.
             "The kids were taken away from their villages and pueblos, in their blankets and moccasins, kept completely isolated from their families...suddenly coming back...caricatures of white people," (Crow Dog, 30). The idea of Catholic school was to force the Christian faith upon these Indian children and to punish them severely if any "Indian practices" were performed; this included speaking, dressing or praying in Indian ways. Mary's hatred is more defined throughout her schooling and, as a reader, you start to sympathize with Mary. In my opinion, I do not see how Mary can be expected to not experience some kind of hatred towards the "white people." To force the white man's ways unto an unwilling individual does nothing but create bitterness and hatred. "Our sacred pipes were broken...Christianizing us was one way of making us white, that is, making us forget that we were Indians. Holding on to our old religion was one way of resisting this kind of slow death. As long as people prayed with the pipe...Indians would not vanish...continue to exist as Indians," (Crow Dog, 92-93).
             This section of the book creates a solid understanding of Mary's dislike towards white people. With an under
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