To educate American Indians : selected writings from the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education / edited by Larry C. Skogen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Skogen, Larry C. (Larry Clifford), d, editor.

Series:

Indigenous education.

Indigenous education ; v. 5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--United States--Education--History--20th century.

Indians of North America.

Indian youth--Education--United States.

Indian youth.

Off-reservation boarding schools--United States.

Off-reservation boarding schools.

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

Indians of North America--Vocational education--United States.

Education and state--United States.

Education and state.

National Educational Association (U.S.) Department of Indian Education.

National Educational Association (U.S.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xl, 377 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Lincoln, Nebraska : University of Nebraska Press, [2024]

Summary:

"To Educate American Indians presents the most complete versions of papers presented at the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education meetings during a time when the debate about how best to "civilize" Indigenous populations dominated discussions. During this time two philosophies drove the conversation. The first, an Enlightenment era-influenced universalism, held that through an educational alchemy American Indians would become productive, Christianized Americans, distinguishable from their white neighbors only by the color of their skin. Directly confronting the assimilationists' universalism were the progressive educators who, strongly influenced by the era's scientific racism, held the notion that American Indians could never become fully assimilated. Despite these differing views, a frightening ethnocentrism and an honor-bound dedication to "gifting" civilization to Native students dominated the writings of educators from the NEA's Department of Indian Education. For a decade educators gathered at annual meetings and presented papers on how best to educate Native students. Though the NEA Proceedings published these papers, strict guidelines often meant they were heavily edited before publication. In this volume Larry C. Skogen presents many of these unedited papers and gives them historical context for the years 1900 to 1904." Provided by publisher.

Contents:

v. 1: Foreword, by David Wallace Adams

Part 1. Charleston, South Carolina, July 7-13, 1900

1. What Is the Relation of the Indian of the Present Decade to the Indian of the Future? / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

2. The Indian Problem / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

3. The Proper Relation between Literary and Industrial Education in Indian Schools / A.J. Standing, Assistant Superintendent, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

4. The Training of Teachers for Indian Schools / Charles Bartlett Dyke, Director of the Normal Department, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

5. Teaching Trades to Indians / Frank K. Rogers, Director, Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade School, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

6. The Training of the Indian Girl as the Uplifter of the Home / Josephine E. Richards, Head of the Indian Department, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

7. Practical Methods of Indian Education / John Seger, Superintendent, Seger Colony School, Colony, Oklahoma

Part 2. Detroit, Michigan, July 8-12, 1901

8. President's Address: Learning by Doing / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

9. Civilization and Higher Education / William T. Harris, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Washington DC

10. The Reservation Day School Should Be the Prime Factor in Indian Education / C.C. Covey, Teacher, Pine Ridge Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota

11. The Unification of Industrial and Academic Features of the Indian School / O.H. Bakeless, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

12. What Shall Be Taught in an Indian School? / Calvin M. Woodward, Director, Manual Training School of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri

13. An All-Around Mechanical Training for Indians / Frank K. Rogers, Director, Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade School, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

14. Practical Methods in Indian Education / Joseph W. Evans, Teacher, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma

15. Character Building among Indian Children / Cora M. Folsom, Teacher and Indian Corresponding Secretary, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

16. The Day School: The Gradual Uplifter of the Tribe / Macaria Murphy, Teacher, Odanah Day School, Odanah, Wisconsin

17. The Necessity for a Large Agricultural School in the Indian Service / C.W. Goodman, Superintendent, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma

Part 3. Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 7-11, 1902

18. President's Address / S.M. McCowan, Superintendent, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma

19. The Value of an Agricultural School in the Indian Service / S.M. McCowan, Superintendent, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma

20. The Value of the Outing System for Girls / Laura Jackson, Girls' Manager, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

21. What Is Our Aim? / E.A. Allen, Assistant Superintendent, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania

22. Needed Changes in Indian Schools / A.O. Wright, Supervisor of Indian Schools, Washington DC

23. The Value of Day Schools / James J. Duncan, Day School Inspector, Pine Ridge, South Dakota

24. Newspapers in Indian Schools / W.T. Harris, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Washington DC

Part 4. Boston, Massachusetts, July 6-10, 1903

25. President's Address: Our Work, Its Progress and Needs / H. B. Peairs, Superintendent, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas

26. To What Degree Has the Present System of Indian Schools Been Successful in Qualifying for Citizenship? / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia

27. An Alaskan Start toward Citizenship / Sheldon Jackson, General Agent of Education in Alaska, Washington DC

28. The White Man's Burden versus Indigenous Development for the Lower Races / G. Stanley Hall, President, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts

29. Heart Culture in Indian Education / Charles F. Meserve, President, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina

30. Tenure in the Civil Service / John T. Doyle, Secretary of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington DC

Part 5. St. Louis, Missouri, June 27-July 1, 1904

31. Efficiency in the Indian Service / John T. Doyle, Secretary of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington DC

32. Indian Music and Indian Education / Natalie Curtis, New York, New York

33. What's in a Name? / Emily S. Cook, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington DC

34. Indian Names / Alice C. Fletcher, Ex-President of the Anthropological Society, Washington DC.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781496237422

1496237420

9781496237415

1496237412