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Away from home: American Indian boarding school experiences, 1879 - 2000 / edited by Margaret Archuleta, Brenda Child, and K. Tsianina Lomawaima.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Off-reservation boarding schools--United States--History.
- Off-reservation boarding schools.
- Indian students--United States--History.
- Indian students.
- Indian students--United States--Social conditions.
- Discrimination in education--United States--History.
- Discrimination in education.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- United States.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- United States--Social policy.
- Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 144 pages cm. : illustrations ; 298 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Phoenix, AZ : Heard Museum, 2000.
- Summary:
- The institutional life of boarding school is a common thread running through American Indian history. Here are stories of the strategies of human survival -- resistance, accommodation, faith in oneself and one's heritage, the ability to learn from hard times, to create something beautiful and meaningful from scraps and fragments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 0934351627
- OCLC:
- 43936847
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