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1. The American Indian view of the colonial missionaries’ influence on the “education” of the Indian is how the colonial missionaries changed their norm behaviors where they had to change their beliefs to the “European culture” (Colonial Missionaries and Their Schools, 2004, p.15). Also, they criticized the Indian daily life of cleanliness, lack of discipline for the children (Colonial Missionaries and Their Schools, 2004, p.15). I feel that the quote that said by H.G. Wells was relevant to the Indian communities at that time period since the colonial missionaries changed and controlled the Indian lifestyle by giving them better education and lifestyle. The article, Colonial Missionaries and Their Schools, explained that most of the Indian children who were taught by the missionaries were separated from their parents since the Indian parents did not understand the influence that the missionaries had for the Indian children (p. 16). One point was mentioned in the article about how confused the Indians were when they were the victims of the missionaries and “Christians” cheated and sexually abused them since they