For example, numerous new regulations have been imposed on the Salish people, including bans on some traditional dances, changes in acceptable disciplinary practices, and even limitations on the length of celebrations. (McNickle 203-206). Similarly, a traditional practice in which Native Americans rather openly admitted their transgressions and repaid those they had offended or received judicial punishment for their actions, was replaced by a new system that required private confession of sins, a repentance quite lonely. and attempts to evade the attention of law enforcement (McNickle 49-52, 207). While offenders avoided the court, Native American children avoided the education mandated by the new system of rules and regulations (McNickle 245-246, 278). The cultural restriction of Native Americans was further instigated by personal prejudice (McNickle 292). The Salish people were often labeled as undesirable (McNickle 34) and rowdy (McNickle 263) by those most involved in the establishment and execution of the American Indians