Turning the power : Indian boarding schools, Native American anthropologists, and the race to preserve Indigenous cultures / Nathan Sowry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sowry, Nathan, author.

Series:

Critical studies in the history of anthropology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Off-reservation boarding schools--History.

Off-reservation boarding schools.

Indian children--Relocation--United States--History.

Indian children.

Indians of North America--Education--History.

Indians of North America.

Indian students--United States--Social conditions.

Indian students.

Indians of North America--History.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America--Government relations.

Indians, Treatment of--United States--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Ethnology--Research--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Other Title:

Path to Open

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2025.

Summary:

"In Turning the Power Nathan Sowry examines how Native American students from the boarding school system, with its forced assimilated education, became key cultural informants for anthropologists conducting field work during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

A great favorite at the Smithsonian: Tichkematse (Zuni, New Mexico Territory, 1881)

One who clearly understands the thoughts and ideas of the Indians: William Jones (Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1897)

We as a race cannot be wiped out in a short time: Richard Davis (Colony, Oklahoma Territory, 1905)

All the information there is to be got: D.C. Duvall (Browning, Montana, 1911)

We can get fine work out-Better than any that's been out on Indians: James R. Murie (Pawnee, Oklahoma, 1911)

Making a great collection of relics for my people: John V. Satterlee (Keshena, Wisconsin, 1911)

A true Indian is someone who helps their race: Cleaver Warden (Washington, DC, 1918)

Both an experienced field man and a missionary among his people: Amos Oneroad (Tokio, North Dakota, 1925)

Civilized Indians exploring the wilds of Alaska: Florence and Louis Shotridge (Sitka, Alaska Territory, 1929)

Conclusion: What happened after (Hoonah, Alaska, 2017).

Notes:

Title from online title page (viewed on June 11, 2025).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781496242853

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.