Indian orphanages / Marilyn Irvin Holt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holt, Marilyn Irvin, 1949- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978.

United States.

Indian children--Government policy--United States.

Indian children.

Indian orphanages--United States--History.

Indian orphanages.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 326 pages)

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2022.

Summary:

"The first book to focus exclusively on this subject, Marilyn Holt's study interweaves Indian history, educational history, family history, and child welfare policy to tell the story of Indian orphanages within the larger context of the orphan asylum in America. She relates the history of these orphanages and the cultural factors that produced and sustained them, shows how orphans became a part of native experience after Euro-American contact, and explores the manner in which Indian societies have addressed the issue of child dependency." -- Jacket.

Contents:

Crumbling culture

First solution : Seneca

Orphans among us : Cherokee

After the war : Chickasaw

The missionaries : Choctaw and Creek

Tribal dissolution : Oklahoma

Catholic outposts : Ojibway and Sioux.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Publisher Number:

heb40155 hdl