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c2006., University of Nebraska Press Call No: NL 371.8 TRA Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Click here to view More... Series Title: Indigenous education
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c2010., University of Oklahoma Press Call No: NL 371.8 FOR Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Click here to view Summary Note: Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers a memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. He lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike. Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist vision was reshaping the federal boarding school system to promote greater respect for Native cultures and traditions.
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c1999., University Press of Colorado Call No: HISTORICAL F MEY Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: The author of "Geronimo's Ponies" puts a rare human face on a seminal decade--the 1930s--for relations between the U.S. Government and Native Americans.
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c2005., Juvenile, House of Anansi Press ; Distributed in the USA by Publishers Group West Call No: E CAM Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: Young Shi-shi-etko is being sent to residential school soon and she spends her last days at home enjoying nature and the teachings of her family.
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2008., Univ. of Oklahoma Press Call No: NL 370.8 ELL Edition: 1st paperback ed. Originally published 1996. Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)
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[2015]., Adolescent, 7th Generation Call No: NL HISTORICAL F BRU Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Hasanoanda was his Indian name. But in mission school he became 'Ely Parker.' He encountered racism and deceit but did not give up his quest to walk between two worlds. This story explores the early education of a famous Native American who gained greatness in the white man's world while staying true to his Seneca people"--
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[2015]., Adolescent, 7th Generation Call No: FIC BRU Availability:2 of 2 At Location(s) Summary Note: "Hasanoanda was his Indian name. But in mission school he became 'Ely Parker.' He encountered racism and deceit but did not give up his quest to walk between two worlds. This story explores the early education of a famous Native American who gained greatness in the white man's world while staying true to his Seneca people"--
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[2016], Juvenile, HighWater Press Call No: [E] Availability:1 of 1 At Location(s)Click here to watch Summary Note: A young Cree girl wonders about things her grandmother does such as wearing colorful clothes and having long hair. As she asks her grandmother about these things, she learns about what her grandmother's life was like when she was young and had to attend a residential school.
