Objects of survivance : a material history of the American Indian school experience /

Reframes the Bratley collection showing how tribal members have embraced it as their past and reclaimed it as contemporary identity. Bratley was an Indian school teacher charged with forcibly assimilating Native Americans. Although tasked with eradicating their culture, Bratley became entranced by t...

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Main Authors:	Montgomery, Lindsay M. (Lindsay Martel) (Author), Colwell, Chip (John Stephen), 1975- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Denver : Boulder : Denver Museum of Nature & Science ; University Press of Colorado, [2019]
Subjects:	Bratley, J. H. > (Jesse H.) > Photograph collections. Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation. Indigenous peoples > Cultural assimilation > United States. Off-reservation boarding schools > United States. Indians of North America > Education > History. Indigenous peoples > Education > United States.

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Summary:	Reframes the Bratley collection showing how tribal members have embraced it as their past and reclaimed it as contemporary identity. Bratley was an Indian school teacher charged with forcibly assimilating Native Americans. Although tasked with eradicating their culture, Bratley became entranced by their practices and collected artifacts/photographs.
Physical Description:	243 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references (pages [215]-235) and index.
ISBN:	9781607329923 1607329921