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Description
A broadly based historical survey, this book examines Native American boarding schools in the United States from Puritan times to the present day.
Hundreds of thousands of Native Americans are estimated to have attended Native American boarding schools during the course of over a century. Today, many of the off-reservation Native American boarding schools have closed, and those that remain are in danger of losing critical federal funding. Ironically, some Native Americans want to preserve them.
This book provides a much-needed historical survey of Native American boarding schools that examines all of these educational institutions across the United States and presents a balanced view of many personal boarding school experiences-both positive and negative. Author Mary A. Stout, an expert in American Indian subjects, places Native American boarding schools in context with other American historical and educational movements, discussing not only individual facilities but also the specific outcomes of this educational paradigm.
Table of Contents
Preface,
Introduction,
Chronology,
ONE American Colonial Period,
TWO Missionary Educators: From Revolution to 1875-The Next Century,
THREE Carlisle Boarding School (1875–1900),
FOUR Haskell Institute (1900–1920s),
FIVE Chilocco Indian Agricultural School (1920s–1930s),
SIX Chemawa and Pipestone Indian Schools (1930s–1940s),
SEVEN Phoenix Indian School (1950s–1960s),
EIGHT Native American Education in the 20th Century and Beyond: Self-Determination, Education, and the Fate of the Boarding Schools,
NINE Boarding School Legacy,
Short Biographies of Key Figures,
Primary Documents,
Glossary,
Annotated Bibliography,
Appendix I: American Indian Boarding Schools in the United States, 1900/1901,
Appendix II: Tribally Controlled Colleges: AIHEC Members in 2011,
Index,
Product details

Published | 23 Apr 2012 |
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Format | Ebook (PDF) |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 240 |
ISBN | 9780313386770 |
Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
Illustrations | 18 bw illus |
Series | Landmarks of the American Mosaic |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Stout (retired academic librarian and author) offers an introduction to the history of American Indian schools by presenting short histories of some of the more important schools that existed. A chronology follows the introduction, which sets out the plan for the book. . . . Summing Up: Recommended.
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