Bibliography/Teacher and Student Resources
Adams, David Wallace. Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928. Excellent historical information regarding the Indian Boarding Schools as well as details of the "experience".
Alexie, Sherman. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian.
Ziibiwing Center. "American Indian Boarding Schools: An Exploration of Global Ethnic & Cultural Cleansing." Accessed March 31, 2016. http://www.sagchip.org/ziibiwing/planyourvisit/pdf/aibscurrguide.pdf. Details regarding the Indian Boarding School experience.
"American Indian School a Far Cry from the Past." NPR. Accessed March 31, 2016. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=17645287.
Archuleta, Margaret, Brenda J. Child, and K. Tsianina Lomawaima. Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences. Phoenix, AZ: Heard Museum, 2004. Excellent visual resources!
Indian County Diaries. "Assimilation Lesson Plan." Native American Public Telecommunications. September 2006. Accessed March 31, 2016. www-tc.pbs.org/indiancountry/resources/Lessonplan_assimilation.pdf. Lesson plan to help students better understand the term ASSIMILATION.
"Assimilation through Education Primary Source Set." Indian Boarding Schools: Assimilation through Education. Accessed March 31, 2016. http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/primarysourcesets/assimilation/.Excellent Primary Source documents to use in the classroom.
Binder, Frederick M.., and David M. Reimers. The Way We Lived Essays and Documents in American Social History. Boston: Wadsworth, 2013. Chapter 3 focuses on American Indian schools.
Calloway, Colin G. First Peoples: A Documentary Survey of American Indian History. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2004. Excellent guide for teachers - good overview of the policies regarding assimilating American Indians into the mainstream culture.
Child, Brenda J. Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families, 1900-1940. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1998. Overall excellent resource regarding Indian Boarding Schools.
Conley, Paige. "The Speaking Leaf: Vera Connolly's Good Housekeeping Crusade for the Indian Cause." Accessed March 31, 2016. http://peitho.cshrc.org/files/2015/09/Peitho15.1_Conley.pdf. The author describes the importance of Vera Connolly's Good Housekeeping article, The Cry of a Broken People. This three-part series brought to light the suffering of the American Indians to a readership that might not have received the information.
Connolly, Vera. "The Cry of a Broken People." Cornell University. Accessed May 25, 2016. http://hearth.library.cornell.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=hearth;rgn=full text;idno=6417403_1389_002;view=image;seq=32. This three-part series was an investigative piece in which Vera Connolly traveled and researched the issues surrounding American Indians and their treatment including boarding schools. It was groundbreaking!
Deyhle, Donna, and Karen Swisher. "Research in American Indian and Alaska Native Education: From Assimilation to Self-Determination." University of Northern Colorado. 1997. Accessed April 12, 2016. http://www.jstor.org/stable/1167375.
Ferrante-Wallace, Joan. Sociology: A Global Perspective. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning, 2013. Classroom textbook.
Foner, Eric. Voices of Freedom / a Documentary History. New York: W.W. Norton &, 2011. A brief bit of information regarding the Indian New Deal.
Gilbert, Matthew Sakiestewa. Education beyond the Mesas: Hopi Students at Sherman Institute, 1902-1929. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. The book has detailed information regarding the Hopi students' experiences at the Sherman Institute. There is good facts about what happened to students after attending the school.
Gordon, Milton Myron. Assimilation in American Life: The Role of Race, Religion, and National Origins. New York: Oxford University Press, 1964.
Green, Arnold. Sociology: An Analysis of Life in Modern Society. 1st ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Book, 1952. Sociologist, Green, discusses the idea of assimilation.
Ative American Public Telecommunications. "History." PBS. September 2006. Accessed May 25, 2016. http://www.pbs.org/indiancountry/history/boarding.html. Produced by PBS, multitude of resources with visuals as well.
"Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978." Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Compliance. Accessed June 26, 2016. http://www.nicwa.org/Indian_Child_Welfare_Act/.
"Meriam Report Chapter 9 Education." Native American Rights Fund. Accessed May 25, 2016. www.narf.org/nill/documents/merriam/n_meriam_chapter9_part1_education.pdf. This report led to changes in the laws regarding American Indian education.
Pratt, Richard Henry, and Robert M. Utley. Battlefield and Classroom: Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2003. Detailed information about Richard Henry Pratt, the originator of Indian Boarding Schools.
Read, Write, Think. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson305/creating.pdf (accessed July 30, 2016).
Stacy, Jason. Documenting United States History: For the Ap Us History Course. Place of Publication Not Identified: Bedford Bks St Martin'S, 2015. Documents and questions geared towards helping students understand politics regarding educating American Indians.
Trafzer, Clifford E., Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc, eds. Boarding School Blues: Revisiting American Indian Educational Experiences. Lincoln, Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press, 2006. Details of students' experiences are highlighted in this text.
Trafzer, Clifford E., Matthew Sakiestewa Gilbert, and Lorene Sisquoc. The Indian School on Magnolia Avenue: Voices and Images from Sherman Institute. Corvallis: Oregon State University Press, 2012. This book highlights individual’s experiences while at the Sherman Institute. There is a chapter on the Outing Program that is quite informative.
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