Turning the Tables on Assimilation: Oglala Lakotas and the Pine Ridge Day Schools, 1889-1920s

Turning the Tables on Assimilation: Oglala Lakotas and the Pine Ridge Day Schools, 1889-1920s

This essay examines cultural contestation between Anglo assimilationists and Oglala Lakotas in the federal Indian day schools of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. It argues that Oglalas adeptly subverted the academic, manual, and moral goals of these institutions, transforming them from ag...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Western historical quarterly 2002-12, Vol.33 (4), p.407-430
1. Verfasser: Andrews, Thomas G.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
American Indian education
Assimilation
Boarding schools
Children
Cultural assimilation
Day schools
Education policy
Federal government
Hair
History
Indian culture
Native Americans
Teachers
Treaty lands
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Zusammenfassung:This essay examines cultural contestation between Anglo assimilationists and Oglala Lakotas in the federal Indian day schools of South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation. It argues that Oglalas adeptly subverted the academic, manual, and moral goals of these institutions, transforming them from agents of cultural destruction into agents of Oglala persistence.
ISSN:0043-3810
1939-8603
DOI:10.2307/4144766