Agreed, the purpose of the schools was to take "the indian" out of the child. Today that is an abhorrent idea but at the time,at a time of empire, the white mans burden and all that  however misguided, it was considered to be the best thing to do. Beyak acknowledged the terrible times experienced by most children caught up in the system but merely cautioned that out of the thousands of children and possibly thousands of teachers, religious, administrartives involved, surely there were some with the welfare of the kids at heart who tried to do good? We are just becoming so unable to debate anything these days.