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a teacher in endeavoring to overthrow the Indian belief that the earth is flat, stands still, and that the sun passes over and under it every twenty-four hours, said, in conclusion: “So you see, it is the earth that goes around while the sun stands still.” A tall boy asked, “Then what for you tell us one story about man in the Bible—I forget his name—strong warrior—fight all day, but get dark so can’t fight, and he say ‘Sun stand still.’ What for he say that if sun all time stand still.”
Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875–1928
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