Assimilation, resilience, and survival : a history of the Stewart Indian School, 1890-2020 / Samantha M. Williams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Samantha M., author.

Series:

Indigenous education

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stewart Indian School (Carson City, Nev. : -1980).

Indians of North America--Education--Nevada--History.

Indians of North America.

Indian students--Nevada--Carson City--History.

Indian students.

Off-reservation boarding schools--Nevada--Carson City--History.

Off-reservation boarding schools.

Carson City (Nev.)--History--20th century.

Carson City (Nev.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations.

Other Title:

History of the Stewart Indian School, 1890-2020

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival is the first book to explore the trauma of the boarding school experience at Steward Indian School and the resilience of generations of students who persevered there under the most challenging of circumstances"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

The Stewart Indian School in Context

Discipline, Negotiation, and Protest, 1890-1925

Progressive Policies and Assimilationist Practices, 1925-1948

Termination, Relocation, and the Special Navajo Program, 1946-1959

Stagnation, Self-Determination, and Reform, 1960-1980

Reclaiming the Stewart Indian School, 1980-2019

The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-297) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed on June 5, 2023)

Other Format:

Print version: Williams, Samantha M. Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival

ISBN:

1-4962-3201-1

9781496232007

9781496232014

OCLC:

1302736508