Indian School Journal

Indian School Journal
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Total Pages : 764
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ISBN-10 : WISC:89060405073
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Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

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Indian School Days

Indian School Days
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9780806192703
ISBN-13 : 0806192704
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Indian School Days by : Basil H. Johnston

This book is the humorous, bitter-sweet autobiography of a Canadian Ojibwa who was taken from his family at age ten and placed in Jesuit boarding school in northern Ontario. It was 1939 when the feared Indian agent visited Basil Johnston’s family and removed him and his four-year-old sister to St. Peter Claver’s school, run by the priests in a community known as Spanish, 75 miles from Sudbury. “Spanish! It was a word synonymous with residential school, penitentiary, reformatory, exile, dungeon, whippings, kicks, slaps, all rolled into one,” Johnston recalls. But despite the aching loneliness, the deprivation, the culture shock and the numbing routine, his story is engaging and compassionate. Johnston creates marvelous portraits of the young Indian boys who struggled to adapt to strange ways and unthinking, unfeeling discipline. Even the Jesuit teachers, whose flashes of humor occasionally broke through their stern demeanor, are portrayed with an understanding born of hindsight.

Carlisle Indian Industrial School

Carlisle Indian Industrial School
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 414
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ISBN-10 : 9780803295094
ISBN-13 : 080329509X
Rating : 4/5 (94 Downloads)

Synopsis Carlisle Indian Industrial School by : Jacqueline Fear-Segal

The Carlisle Indian School (1879–1918) was an audacious educational experiment. Lieutenant Richard Henry Pratt, the school’s founder and first superintendent, persuaded the federal government that training Native children to accept the white man’s ways and values would be more efficient than fighting deadly battles. The result was that the last Indian war would be waged against Native children in the classroom. More than 8,500 children from virtually every Native nation in the United States were taken from their homes and transported to Pennsylvania. Carlisle provided a blueprint for the federal Indian school system that was established across the United States and also served as a model for many residential schools in Canada. The Carlisle experiment initiated patterns of dislocation and rupture far deeper and more profound and enduring than its founder and supporters ever grasped. Carlisle Indian Industrial School offers varied perspectives on the school by interweaving the voices of students’ descendants, poets, and activists with cutting-edge research by Native and non-Native scholars. These contributions reveal the continuing impact and vitality of historical and collective memory, as well as the complex and enduring legacies of a school that still affects the lives of many Native Americans.

The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933

The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : 0806131624
ISBN-13 : 9780806131627
Rating : 4/5 (24 Downloads)

Synopsis The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933 by : Scott Riney

The Rapid City Indian School was one of twenty-eight off-reservation boarding schools built and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to prepare American Indian children for assimilation into white society. From 1898 to 1933 the "School of the Hills" housed Northern Plains Indian children--including Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, Shoshone, Arapaho, Crow, and Flathead--from elementary through middle grades. Scott Riney uses letters, archival materials, and oral histories to provide a candid view of daily life at the school as seen by students, parents, and school employees. The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933 offers a new perspective on the complexities of American Indian interactions with a BIA boarding school. It shows how parents and students made the best of their limited educational choices--using the school to pursue their own educational goals--and how the school linked urban Indians to both the services and the controls of reservation life.

The School Journal

The School Journal
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Total Pages : 884
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ISBN-10 : NYPL:33433000194013
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Rating : 4/5 (13 Downloads)

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Anthropology Goes to the Fair

Anthropology Goes to the Fair
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 553
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ISBN-10 : 9780803213944
ISBN-13 : 0803213948
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Synopsis Anthropology Goes to the Fair by : Nancy J. Parezo

As scientists claiming specialized knowledge about indigenous peoples, especially American Indians, anthropologists used expositions to promote their quest for professional status and authority. This title shows how anthropology showcased itself "to show each half of the world how the other half lives".

New York School Journal

New York School Journal
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Total Pages : 796
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:C2623281
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Rating : 4/5 (81 Downloads)

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American Indian Education

American Indian Education
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Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
Total Pages : 381
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ISBN-10 : 9780806180403
ISBN-13 : 0806180404
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis American Indian Education by : Jon Reyhner

In this comprehensive history of American Indian education in the United States from colonial times to the present, historians and educators Jon Reyhner and Jeanne Eder explore the broad spectrum of Native experiences in missionary, government, and tribal boarding and day schools. This up-to-date survey is the first one-volume source for those interested in educational reform policies and missionary and government efforts to Christianize and “civilize” American Indian children. Drawing on firsthand accounts from teachers and students, American Indian Education considers and analyzes shifting educational policies and philosophies, paying special attention to the passage of the Native American Languages Act and current efforts to revitalize Native American cultures.

To Win the Indian Heart

To Win the Indian Heart
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 0870717383
ISBN-13 : 9780870717383
Rating : 4/5 (83 Downloads)

Synopsis To Win the Indian Heart by : Melissa Parkhurst

To Win the Indian Heart: Music At Chemawa Indian School is an exploration of the crucial role music played at the longest-operating federal boarding school for Indian children--both as a tool of assimilation and resilience.

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner)
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Publisher : Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Total Pages : 299
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ISBN-10 : 9780316219303
ISBN-13 : 0316219304
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian (National Book Award Winner) by : Sherman Alexie

A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.