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The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue: Voices and Images from Sherman Institute (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
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Description for The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue: Voices and Images from Sherman Institute (First Peoples: New Directions in Indigenous Studies)
Paperback. Editor(s): Trafzer, Clifford; Gilbert, Matthew; Sisquoc, Lorene. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
The first collection of writings and images focused on an off-reservation Indian boarding school, The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue shares the fascinating story of this flagship institution, featuring the voices of American Indian students.
In 1902, the federal government opened Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, to transform American Indian students into productive farmers, carpenters, homemakers, nurses, cooks, and seamstresses. Indian students helped build the school and worked daily at Sherman; teachers provided vocational education and placed them in employment through the Outing Program.
Contributors to The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue have drawn on documents held at ... Read more
The first collection of writings and images focused on an off-reservation Indian boarding school, The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue shares the fascinating story of this flagship institution, featuring the voices of American Indian students.
In 1902, the federal government opened Sherman Institute in Riverside, California, to transform American Indian students into productive farmers, carpenters, homemakers, nurses, cooks, and seamstresses. Indian students helped build the school and worked daily at Sherman; teachers provided vocational education and placed them in employment through the Outing Program.
Contributors to The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue have drawn on documents held at ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oregon State University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Corvallis, OR, United States
ISBN
9780870716935
SKU
V9780870716935
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-15
About
Clifford E. Trafzer (Wyandot) is a professor of American History and the Rupert Costo Chair in American Indian Affairs at the University of California, Riverside, USA. He has written and edited several books, including Boarding School Blues, Native Universe, and Death Stalks the Yakama. Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert (Hopi), an assistant professor of American Indian Studies and History at ... Read more
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