"But this eating by formula was not the hardest trial in that first day. Late in the morning, my friend Judéwin gave me a terrible warning. Judéwin knew a few words of English; and she had overheard the paleface woman talk about cutting our long, heavy hair. Our mothers had taught us that only unskilled warriors who were captured had their hair shingled by the enemy. Among our people, short hair was worn by mourners, and shingled hair by cowards."

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Cutting Indian boys' and girls' hair was a conscious attempt by boarding school teachers to subjugate Indian students to American culture.

Cutting Indian boys' and girls' hair was done solely for purposes of hygiene, and the passage just shows how little Indian children understood about American standards of hygiene.

Most Indian boys and girls welcomed getting their hair cut, as they were eager to fit in with white culture.

Cutting Indian boys' and girls' hair was an example of a cultural misunderstanding between well-meaning boarding school teachers and their Indian students.