Away from home : American Indian boarding school experiences, 1879-2000 /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Archuleta, Margaret, 1950-, Child, Brenda J., 1959-, Lomawaima, K. Tsianina, 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Phoenix : Heard Museum ; 2004.
Edition:	2nd paperbound printing with revisions.
Subjects:	Off-reservation boarding schools > United States > History. Indian students > Relocation > United States > History. Indian students > Government policy > United States. Indians, Treatment of > United States > History. Discrimination in education > United States > History. United States > Race relations. United States > Social policy.

Table of Contents:

Foreword / Frank H. Goodyear, Jr., Director, Heard Museum
"A uniform course of study:
Life at school / Brenda J. Child and K. Tsianina Lomawaima
Introduction / Margaret L. Archuleta, Brenda J. Chiild, and K. Tsianina Lomawaima
"They gave us a number" / Arrival
"Making a willing worker" / Acdemic and vocational instruction
"Don't you suppose it's best for him to come home?" / Health and homesickness
"We shared a brotherhood" / Connections to family and home
"I was gonna rebel come hell or high water" / Rebellion
"Honest facts concerning my race" / Life beyond school
Introduction / K. Tsianina Lomawaima
"By the waters of the Minnehaha" / Music and dance, pagents and princesses / Rayna Green and John Troutman
"Indian is an artist" / Art eduction / Margaret L. Archuleta
"Show what an Indian can do" / Sports / John Bloom
" Nucleus of civilization" / Families at Hampton Institute / W. Roger Buffalohead and Paulette Fairbanks Molin
Afterword / Brenda J. Child
Referencs
Recommended for younger readers
Index.