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Research & Resources Act 31 Academic Achievement Boarding Schools Cultural Issues Curriculum and Instructional Resources History and Policy Legal Resources Organizations	Boarding Schools Books Adams, David Wallace. (1995). Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas. Brenda J. Child, K. Tsianina Lomawaima, editors (2000). Away from Home: American Indian Boarding School Experiences, 1879-2000. Phoenix: Heard Museum ISBN:0934351627 Stories of the boarding school experience are presented. Includes vivid photos. Bloom, John. (2000). To Show What an Indian Can Do: Sports at Native American Boarding Schools. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. Child, Brenda J. (1993). Boarding School Seasons: American Indian Families. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Child uses interviews,letters from children, and archival sources to describe boarding school life from the perspective of former students and their families. Focus is on Flandreau and Haskell Institute. Cobb, Amanda J. (2000). Listening to our Grandmothers' Stories; The Bloomfield Academy for Chickasaw Females, 1852-1949. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Coleman, Michael C. (1993). American Indian Children at School, 1850-1930. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. Indian autobiographies from many published sources give an overview of life at the boarding schools. A bibliography of these primary sources is included. Ellis, Clyde. (1996). To Change Them Forever; Indian Education at the Rainy Mountain Boarding School, 1893-1920. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press (also available on-line). Lanniko Lee, et al. (2002). Shaping Survival: Essays by Four American Indian Tribal Women. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, Inc. This book covers the educational experiences of four American Indian women who were educated in schools such as the Bureau of Indian Affiars boarding schools, off-reservation public schools, and Indian mission schools. Lindsey, Donal F. (1995). Indians at Hampton Institute 1877-1923. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Lomawaima, K. Tsianina. (1994). They Called it Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. Mihesuah, Devon A. (1993). Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Riney, Scott D. (1999). The Rapid City Indian School, 1989-1933. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. Trennert, Robert. (1988). The Phoenix Indian School, Forced Assimilation in Arizona, 1891-1935. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. (also available on-line). Articles Hendrick, Irving G. (1981). The Federal Campaign for the Admission of Indian Children into Public Schools, 1890- 1934. American Indian Culture and Research Journal. V5 n3 p 13-32. ERIC Journal EJ258 380 Rural Education and Small Schools. Traces the history of education from 1890-1934 examining government boarding schools, day schools, private contract schools, and state-supported schools. Implications of the Dawes Act, Meriam Report, and Johnson-OMalley Act are discussed. Goodburn, Amy. (1999). Literacy Practices at the Genoa Industrial Indian School. Great Plains Quarterly, v19, n1, p 35-52. ERIC Journal EJ580 404 Rural Education and Small Schools. Examines literacy practices at Genoa Industrial Indian School through the use of student essays, student letters, and literature for instruction. Videos In the White Mans Image (American Experience): Describes the creation of Captain Richard Pratts American Indian boarding school at Ft. Augustine. Children of Wind River: From the Shoshone and Arapahoe perspective, describes traditional child rearing practices and the impact of the boarding school experience. Spirit of the Dawn: From the Montana Crow perspective, documents Indian education. White Mans Way: Using interviews with former students of the Genoa Indian School, describes the history of the boarding school. Online Resources The American Indian of the Pacific Northwest Collection Hosted by the University of Washington. Contains pictures of schools in the Pacific Northwest. Clarke Historical Library of Central Michigan University Carlisle Indian School Sherman Indian High School Ft. Lewis Boarding School, 1891-1911 Indian Boarding Schools: Civilizing the Native Spirit. Through photos, letters, reports, interviews, and other primary documents, explores the forced acculturation of American Indians through governmental run boarding schools.
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