Author: Harvard University. Bureau of Business Research
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Education for Extinction
Author: David Wallace Adams
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man." Education for Extinction offers the first comprehensive account of this dispiriting effort. Much more than a study of federal Indian policy, this book vividly details the day-to-day experiences of Indian youth living in a "total institution" designed to reconstruct them both psychologically and culturally. The assault on identity came in many forms: the shearing off of braids, the assignment of new names, uniformed drill routines, humiliating punishments, relentless attacks on native religious beliefs, patriotic indoctrinations, suppression of tribal languages, Victorian gender rituals, football contests, and industrial training. Especially poignant is Adams's description of the ways in which students resisted or accommodated themselves to forced assimilation. Many converted to varying degrees, but others plotted escapes, committed arson, and devised ingenious strategies of passive resistance. Adams also argues that many of those who seemingly cooperated with the system were more than passive players in this drama, that the response of accommodation was not synonymous with cultural surrender. This is especially apparent in his analysis of students who returned to the reservation. He reveals the various ways in which graduates struggled to make sense of their lives and selectively drew upon their school experience in negotiating personal and tribal survival in a world increasingly dominated by white men. The discussion comes full circle when Adams reviews the government's gradual retreat from the assimilationist vision. Partly because of persistent student resistance, but also partly because of a complex and sometimes contradictory set of progressive, humanitarian, and racist motivations, policymakers did eventually come to view boarding schools less enthusiastically. Based upon extensive use of government archives, Indian and teacher autobiographies, and school newspapers, Adams's moving account is essential reading for scholars and general readers alike interested in Western history, Native American studies, American race relations, education history, and multiculturalism.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man." Education for Extinction offers the first comprehensive account of this dispiriting effort. Much more than a study of federal Indian policy, this book vividly details the day-to-day experiences of Indian youth living in a "total institution" designed to reconstruct them both psychologically and culturally. The assault on identity came in many forms: the shearing off of braids, the assignment of new names, uniformed drill routines, humiliating punishments, relentless attacks on native religious beliefs, patriotic indoctrinations, suppression of tribal languages, Victorian gender rituals, football contests, and industrial training. Especially poignant is Adams's description of the ways in which students resisted or accommodated themselves to forced assimilation. Many converted to varying degrees, but others plotted escapes, committed arson, and devised ingenious strategies of passive resistance. Adams also argues that many of those who seemingly cooperated with the system were more than passive players in this drama, that the response of accommodation was not synonymous with cultural surrender. This is especially apparent in his analysis of students who returned to the reservation. He reveals the various ways in which graduates struggled to make sense of their lives and selectively drew upon their school experience in negotiating personal and tribal survival in a world increasingly dominated by white men. The discussion comes full circle when Adams reviews the government's gradual retreat from the assimilationist vision. Partly because of persistent student resistance, but also partly because of a complex and sometimes contradictory set of progressive, humanitarian, and racist motivations, policymakers did eventually come to view boarding schools less enthusiastically. Based upon extensive use of government archives, Indian and teacher autobiographies, and school newspapers, Adams's moving account is essential reading for scholars and general readers alike interested in Western history, Native American studies, American race relations, education history, and multiculturalism.
Children of the Indian Boarding Schools
Author: Holly Littlefield
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575054674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Recounts the experiences of the Native American children who were sent away from home, sometimes unwillingly, to government schools to learn English, Christianity, and white ways of living and working, and describes their later lives.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9781575054674
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
Recounts the experiences of the Native American children who were sent away from home, sometimes unwillingly, to government schools to learn English, Christianity, and white ways of living and working, and describes their later lives.
Education at the Edge of Empire
Author: John R. Gram
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295806052
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
For the vast majority of Native American students in federal Indian boarding schools at the turn of the twentieth century, the experience was nothing short of tragic. Dislocated from family and community, they were forced into an educational system that sought to erase their Indian identity as a means of acculturating them to white society. However, as historian John Gram reveals, some Indian communities on the edge of the American frontier had a much different experience—even influencing the type of education their children received. Shining a spotlight on Pueblo Indians’ interactions with school officials at the Albuquerque and Santa Fe Indian Schools, Gram examines two rare cases of off-reservation schools that were situated near the communities whose children they sought to assimilate. Far from the federal government’s reach and in competition with nearby Catholic schools for students, these Indian boarding school officials were in no position to make demands and instead were forced to pick their cultural battles with nearby Pueblo parents, who visited the schools regularly. As a result, Pueblo Indians were able to exercise their agency, influencing everything from classroom curriculum to school functions. As Gram reveals, they often mitigated the schools’ assimilation efforts and assured the various pueblos’ cultural, social, and economic survival. Greatly expanding our understanding of the Indian boarding school experience, Education at the Edge of Empire is grounded in previously overlooked archival material and student oral histories. The result is a groundbreaking examination that contributes to Native American, Western, and education histories, as well as to borderland and Southwest studies. It will appeal to anyone interested in knowing how some Native Americans were able to use the typically oppressive boarding school experience to their advantage.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295806052
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 265
Book Description
For the vast majority of Native American students in federal Indian boarding schools at the turn of the twentieth century, the experience was nothing short of tragic. Dislocated from family and community, they were forced into an educational system that sought to erase their Indian identity as a means of acculturating them to white society. However, as historian John Gram reveals, some Indian communities on the edge of the American frontier had a much different experience—even influencing the type of education their children received. Shining a spotlight on Pueblo Indians’ interactions with school officials at the Albuquerque and Santa Fe Indian Schools, Gram examines two rare cases of off-reservation schools that were situated near the communities whose children they sought to assimilate. Far from the federal government’s reach and in competition with nearby Catholic schools for students, these Indian boarding school officials were in no position to make demands and instead were forced to pick their cultural battles with nearby Pueblo parents, who visited the schools regularly. As a result, Pueblo Indians were able to exercise their agency, influencing everything from classroom curriculum to school functions. As Gram reveals, they often mitigated the schools’ assimilation efforts and assured the various pueblos’ cultural, social, and economic survival. Greatly expanding our understanding of the Indian boarding school experience, Education at the Edge of Empire is grounded in previously overlooked archival material and student oral histories. The result is a groundbreaking examination that contributes to Native American, Western, and education histories, as well as to borderland and Southwest studies. It will appeal to anyone interested in knowing how some Native Americans were able to use the typically oppressive boarding school experience to their advantage.
Looking for Alaska Deluxe Edition
Author: John Green
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 052542802X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A gorgeous collector's edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars A perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive content, including: - An introduction by John Green - Extensive Q&A: John Green answers readers’ most frequently asked questions - Deleted scenes from the original manuscript ★ Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award ★ A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist ★ A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller ★ NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels ★ TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time ★ A PBS Great American Read Selection NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES! Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 052542802X
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 369
Book Description
A gorgeous collector's edition of the critically acclaimed debut novel by John Green, #1 bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars A perfect gift for every fan, this deluxe hardcover features a stunning special edition jacket and 50 pages of all-new exclusive content, including: - An introduction by John Green - Extensive Q&A: John Green answers readers’ most frequently asked questions - Deleted scenes from the original manuscript ★ Winner of the Michael L. Printz Award ★ A Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist ★ A New York Times Bestseller • A USA Today Bestseller ★ NPR’s Top Ten Best-Ever Teen Novels ★ TIME magazine’s 100 Best Young Adult Novels of All Time ★ A PBS Great American Read Selection NOW A HULU ORIGINAL SERIES! Miles Halter is fascinated by famous last words—and tired of his safe life at home. He leaves for boarding school to seek what the dying poet Francois Rabelais called the "Great Perhaps.” Much awaits Miles at Culver Creek, including Alaska Young, who will pull Miles into her labyrinth and catapult him into the Great Perhaps. Looking for Alaska brilliantly chronicles the indelible impact one life can have on another. A modern classic, this stunning debut marked #1 bestselling author John Green’s arrival as a groundbreaking new voice in contemporary fiction.
Boarding School Seasons
Author: Brenda J. Child
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803212305
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Looks at the experiences of children at three off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the early years of the twentieth century.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 9780803212305
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Looks at the experiences of children at three off-reservation Indian boarding schools in the early years of the twentieth century.
Behind the Walls
Author: Timothy D. Hillman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615758077
Category : Boarding schools
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
"Every year, thousands of students and parents choose boarding schools for continued education. Unfortunately, while many will have positive experiences, some will fail. Behind the Walls gives you the inside knowledge about the nature of boarding schools that should inform every decision about boarding school."--Amazon.com.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615758077
Category : Boarding schools
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
"Every year, thousands of students and parents choose boarding schools for continued education. Unfortunately, while many will have positive experiences, some will fail. Behind the Walls gives you the inside knowledge about the nature of boarding schools that should inform every decision about boarding school."--Amazon.com.
Away from Home
Author: Heard Museum
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Draws from more than a century of archaeological research and new discoveries from recent excavations to present a thorough examination of Santa Fe's pre-Hispanic history.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 156
Book Description
Draws from more than a century of archaeological research and new discoveries from recent excavations to present a thorough examination of Santa Fe's pre-Hispanic history.
I Survived Swiss Boarding Schools
Author: Richard Rene Silvin
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724780393
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In an era when the world seems to focus on flamboyant superstars, this must-read story reintroduces us to an unusual and nearly extinct class of genuine celebrities. During a long tenure at two very different boarding schools in Switzerland in the 1950's and 1960's, Richard René Silvin rubbed elbows with Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, families such as the Rockefellers, Onassis and Woodwards, as well as royalty from across the globe. But, since all that glitters is definitely not gold, the reader will first be exposed to La Clairière, a tiny school for young boys. It was here that Silvin learned to escape random beatings by the headmaster, and to avoid a pedophile woodcutter. Eventually, Silvin arrived at Le Rosey, then called "the school for kings and princes," where his lack of academic training at La Clairière nearly led to his expulsion. Later, after being branded "a homo," he learned how to stand up to molestation and even to thrive beyond it. Using sport victories, he created a healthy and graceful path to forgiveness and strength. The result is a beguiling story, which creates a figurative "arc to triumph" worth emulating in any of life's challenges.
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781724780393
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In an era when the world seems to focus on flamboyant superstars, this must-read story reintroduces us to an unusual and nearly extinct class of genuine celebrities. During a long tenure at two very different boarding schools in Switzerland in the 1950's and 1960's, Richard René Silvin rubbed elbows with Elizabeth Taylor, Marlene Dietrich, families such as the Rockefellers, Onassis and Woodwards, as well as royalty from across the globe. But, since all that glitters is definitely not gold, the reader will first be exposed to La Clairière, a tiny school for young boys. It was here that Silvin learned to escape random beatings by the headmaster, and to avoid a pedophile woodcutter. Eventually, Silvin arrived at Le Rosey, then called "the school for kings and princes," where his lack of academic training at La Clairière nearly led to his expulsion. Later, after being branded "a homo," he learned how to stand up to molestation and even to thrive beyond it. Using sport victories, he created a healthy and graceful path to forgiveness and strength. The result is a beguiling story, which creates a figurative "arc to triumph" worth emulating in any of life's challenges.
Bulletin
Author: Harvard University. Bureau of Business Research
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business education
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Business education
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Indian Education
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Indians of North America
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description