Brenda J Child

Boarding School Seasons

American Indian Families, 1900-1940

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Brenda J. Child is an associate professor of American studies at the University¿of Minnesota.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 154
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2000
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 154mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 259g
• ISBN-13: 9780803264052
• ISBN-10: 0803264054
• Artikelnr.: 32306882

Autorenporträt

Brenda J. Child is an associate professor and chair of the Department of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction: The Legacy of Boarding School Letters
Chapter
1 Star Quilts and Jim Thorpe
2 From Reservation to Boarding School
3 Train Time
4 Homesickness
5 Illness and Death
6 Working for the School
7 Runaway Boys, Resistant Girls
Conclusion
Appendixes
1 Red Lake Students Who Attended Nonreservation Schools Circa 1929
2 Flandreau Enrollment Figures, 1893-1939
3 Flandreau Enrollment Distributions by Tribe and by State, 1937-38
4 Haskell Institute Cemetery Burials, by Tribal Name on Tombstone
Notes
Bibliography
Index