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In Geary Hobson’s “In the Name of Science”, Thomas Darko was removed from his home to help a group of scientists in Washington. These scientists were trying to study and recreate the Ofo language of which Thomas was finally the only speaker. Thomas was not always alone. He used to be surrounded by his family, but several disasters befell the Darko’s and the last Ofo stood alone. In the story, Thomas’ family was dead, and, before the culture died out, the scientists swooped down on the unsuspecting Thomas. There are several parts in this story that can be paralleled to different events that occurred in the twentieth century when the government imposed several different policies on the Native American peoples. The first policy that I would like to introduce is “Allotment”. The allotment was policy