The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933 - by Scott Riney (Paperback)
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Highlights
- The Rapid City Indian School was one of twenty-eight off-reservation boarding schools built and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to prepare American Indian children for assimilation into white society.
- Author(s): Scott Riney
- 290 Pages
- History, Native American
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About the Book
The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933 offers a new perspective on the complexities of American Indian interactions with a BIA boarding school. It shows how parents and students made the best of their limited educational choices--using the school to pursue their own educational goals--and how the school linked urban Indians to both the services and the controls of reservation life.Book Synopsis
The Rapid City Indian School was one of twenty-eight off-reservation boarding schools built and operated by the Bureau of Indian Affairs to prepare American Indian children for assimilation into white society. From 1898 to 1933 the "School of the Hills" housed Northern Plains Indian children--including Sioux, Northern Cheyenne, Shoshone, Arapaho, Crow, and Flathead--from elementary through middle grades. Scott Riney uses letters, archival materials, and oral histories to provide a candid view of daily life at the school as seen by students, parents, and school employees. The Rapid City Indian School, 1898-1933 offers a new perspective on the complexities of American Indian interactions with a BIA boarding school. It shows how parents and students made the best of their limited educational choices--using the school to pursue their own educational goals--and how the school linked urban Indians to both the services and the controls of reservation life. Scott Riney, who received a Ph.D. in history from Arizona State University, lives in Littleton, Colorado.Review Quotes
"Articulate, thoughtful, compassionate, and compelling. . . .Essential reading on the development of governmental programs for American Indian education."--The Journal of American History
Dimensions (Overall): 8.4 Inches (H) x 5.6 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .8 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 290
Genre: History
Sub-Genre: Native American
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Format: Paperback
Author: Scott Riney
Language: English
Street Date: October 15, 1999
TCIN: 88985130
UPC: 9780806144702
Item Number (DPCI): 247-58-0555
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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