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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vaughn, Bill, 1948- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Social conditions.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation--United States.

Indians of North America--Education--United States.

Off-reservation boarding schools--United States.

Off-reservation boarding schools.

Indians, Treatment of--North America.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation--North America.

Indigenous peoples.

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.

Settler colonialism.

Racism against Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

xvii, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Edition:

First Pegasus Books cloth edition.

Other Title:

Fateful story of Native American boarding schools and the theft of tribal lands

Place of Publication:

New York : Pegasus Books, 2024.

Summary:

"Between 1859 and the 1960's missionaries and the U.S. government operated more than five hundred assimilation centers. Their ostensible goal was to solve the "Indian problem" by transforming Indigenous children into English-speaking Christians who could hold down a job or run a farm or manage a household. But as the government finally admitted, the real objective was to steal tribal land. Most of these boys and girls were taken forcibly from their families and sent far away in order to alienate them from their tribes and erase their languages, spirituality, and cultures. Despite the plot against Native America, Indigenous cultures have endured. With inspiring efforts, tribal councils are now building their own bison herds, teaching their children indigenous languages, as well as striving to build self-sufficient economies in this new era that is upon us."--Dust jacket.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781639367467

1639367462

OCLC:

1420429866

Publisher Number:

90100409212