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The plot against native America : the fateful story of Native American boarding schools and the theft of tribal lands

text The plot against native America : the fateful story of Native American boarding schools and the theft of tribal lands

Summary
"Between 1859 and the 1960's missionaries and the U.S. government operated more than five hundred assimilation centers. Their ostensible goal was to solve the "Indian problem" by transforming Indigenous children into English-speaking Christians wh... Read more
Contents

Childhood's end -- The interpreters -- Under the bird tail -- The world's wealthiest nun -- The hostages -- Custer had it coming -- The Lord's vineyard -- The long walk -- Blackfeet warrior -- The vanishing Indian and other myths.

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xvii, 236 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Publisher
Pegasus Books

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Woodmere (Main Branch) 973.0497 VAU in New Non-fiction Available

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