Native American Boarding Schools

A broadly based historical survey, this book examines Native American boarding schools in the United States from Puritan times to the present day.

• Draws upon actual student letters and documents relating to boarding school experiences

• Presents biographical profiles of such key figures as Col. Richard Pratt, founder of Carlisle Indian School; and Jim Thorpe, American athlete and Carlisle graduate

• Provides a chronology of Native American boarding schools in the United States from the 1600s to the present

• Supplies an annotated bibliography of key research resources on Native American boarding schools

• Includes a glossary defining hundreds of terms relating to Indian culture and history