Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences

Format: Paperback Language: English ISBN: 0803294638 ISBN13: 9780803294639 Release Date: September 2006 Publisher: Bison Books Length: 274 Pages Weight: 3.10 lbs. Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0" Like the figures in the ancient oral literature of Native Americans, children who lived through the American Indian boarding school experience became heroes, bravely facing a monster not of their own making. Sometimes the monster swallowed them up. More often, though, the children fought the monster and grew stronger. This volume draws on the full breadth of this experience in showing how American Indian boarding schools provided both positive and negative influences for Native American children. The boarding schools became an integral part of American history, a shared history that resulted in Indians "turning the power" by using their school experiences to grow in wisdom and benefit their people. The first volume of essays ever to focus on the American Indian boarding sch