Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928

Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928The last "Indian War" was fought against Native American children in the dormitories and classrooms of government boarding schools. Only by removing Indian children from their homes for extended periods of time, policymakers reasoned, could white "civilization" take root while childhood memories of "savagism" gradually faded to the point of extinction. In the words of one official: "Kill the Indian and save the man." This fully revised edition of

Boarding School Seasons offers a revealing look at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding school experiences in the first half of the twentieth century

culminating in the infamous massacre at Wounded Knee of 250 Lakota men

A Clan Mother story for the twenty-first century

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draws from a wealth of primary sources—including oral histories and interviews with Native artists—to explore the forms

and Europe was populated by stone-age farmers

and demanded justice for murdered and missing Indigenous women

and jingle-dress dancers-all with telltale ears and paws and tails

Ceremony is a work of enduring power

Bruce Duthu explains the landmark cases in Indian law of the past two centuries and demonstrates their common thread throughout history

The basic patterns of Ojibwe word structure and the organization of the dictionary entries are clearly explained in the introduction

who have come to find work on the heels of the economic recession