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"Boarding school seasons : American Indian families, 1900-1940."
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"Boarding school seasons : American Indian families, 1900-1940."

Author "Child, Brenda J."
Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press
Datec1998
ClassificationsMain Library Collection
Object numberE99.C6 C45 1998 / E99.C6 C45 1998 copy 2
Description"xvi, 143 p. : ill. ; 24 cm."

"Brenda J. Child, a Red Lake Ojibwe and a descendant of boarding school students, brings to light previously unpublished archival letters from the Flandreau school in South Dakota and the Haskell Institute in Kansas--letters written by students, parents, and administrators. This correspondance chronicles the emotional and cultural impact that boarding schools had on individuals, families, and communities.

Haskell Institute -- History.
Flandreau Indian School (S.D.) -- History.
Ojibwa youth -- Education.
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