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The plot against native America : the fateful story of Native American boarding schools and the theft of tribal lands /

The first narrative history revealing the entire story of the development, operation and harmful legacy of the Native American boarding schools and how our nation still has much to resolve before we can fully heal. When Europeans came to the Americas centuries ago, too many of them brought racism al...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Vaughn, Bill, 1948- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Pegasus Books, [2024].
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Social conditions.
Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation > United States.
Indians of North America > Education > United States.
Off-reservation boarding schools > United States.
Indians, Treatment of > North America.
Indigenous peoples > Cultural assimilation > North America.
Indigenous peoples > Missions > North America.
Indigenous peoples > North America > Social conditions.
Indigenous peoples > Government relations.
Indigenous peoples > Land tenure > North America.
Indigenous peoples > Crimes against.
Settler colonialism > North America.
Racism against Indigenous peoples.
HISTORY / Indigenous.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies.
Table of Contents:
  • Childhood's end
  • The interpreters
  • Under the bird tail
  • The world's wealthiest nun
  • The hostages
  • Custer had it coming
  • The Lord's vineyard
  • The long walk
  • Blackfeet warrior
  • The vanishing Indian and other myths.