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Title Boarding school blues : revisiting American Indian educational experiences / edited and with an introduction by Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc
Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations
Series Indigenous education
Indigenous education.
Contents Copyright; Table of Contents; Preface; Introduction: Origin and Development of the American Indian Boarding School System; 1. Beyond Bleakness: The Brighter Side of Indian Boarding Schools, 1870-1940; 2. "We Had a Lot of Fun, but of Course, That Wasn't the School Part": 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 Children's Experiences; 4. Putting Lucy Pretty Eagle to Rest; 5. Loosening the Bonds: The Rapid City Indian School in the 1920s
Summary Shows how American Indian boarding schools provided both positive and negative influences for Native American children. Offering comparative studies of the various schools, regions, tribes, and aboriginal peoples, this book reveals both the light and the dark aspects of the boarding school experience and illuminates the vast gray area in between
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Print version record
Subject Off-reservation boarding schools -- History
Indian children -- Relocation -- United States -- History
Indian children -- Education
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
EDUCATION -- Students & Student Life.
Indian children -- Education
Indians of North America -- Government relations
Off-reservation boarding schools
Race relations
Social policy
SUBJECT United States -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140547
United States -- Race relations. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140494
Subject United States
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Trafzer, Clifford E.
Keller, Jean A., 1953-
Sisquoc, Lorene.
ISBN 9780803257214
080325721X
0803244460
0803294638
9780803244467
9780803294639
9786610550814
6610550816
1280550813
9781280550812