| Description |
xiii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 23 cm. |
| Series |
Indigenous education
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Indigenous education.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Table of contents -- Introduction : Origin and development of the American Indian boarding school system -- 1. Beyond bleakness : the brighter side of Indian boarding schools, 1870-1940 -- 2. ʺWe had a lot of fun, but of course, that wasnʹt the school partʺ : life at the Rainy Mountain boarding school, 1893-1920 -- 3. The man on the bandstand at Carlisle Indian Industrial school : what he reveals about the childrenʹs experiences -- 4. Putting Lucy pretty eagle to rest -- 5. Loosening the bonds : the rapid city Indian school in the 1920s -- 6. Hail Mary : the Catholic experience as St. Boniface Indian school -- 7. Learning gender : female students at the Sherman Institute, 1907-1925 -- 8. Through a wide-angle lens : acquiring and maintaining power, position, and knowledge through boarding schools -- 9. Indian boarding schools in comparative perspective : the removal of indigenous children in the United States and Australia, 1880-1940 -- 10. The place of American Indian boarding schools in contemporary society. |
| Summary |
This collected work of ten essays on the Native American boarding school experience covers a wide range of topics with its focus on the students and the myriad ways that they took on the concept of assimilation. |
| Subject |
Off-reservation boarding schools -- History.
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Indian children -- Relocation -- United States -- History.
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Indian children -- Education.
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Indians of North America -- Government relations.
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United States -- Social policy.
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United States -- Race relations.
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| Added Author |
Trafzer, Clifford E.
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Keller, Jean A., 1953-
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Sisquoc, Lorene.
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| ISBN |
0803244460 |
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9780803244467 |
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9780803294639 (paperback) |
| Sudoc No. |
U5002 T159 .0001 -2006 nbdocs |
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