The Thomas Indian School and the "irredeemable" children of New York [electronic resource] /Keith R. Burich.
By: Burich, Keith R [author.].
Contributor(s): Project Muse.
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BookSeries: The Iroquois and their neighbors.Publisher: Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2016] 2015)Edition: First edition.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 189 pages :) illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780815653585; 0815653581.Subject(s): Thomas Indian School (Iroquois, N.Y.) | Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- New York (State) | Indians of North America -- Education -- New York -- Cattaraugus Indian Reservation | Iroquois children -- New York (State) -- Social conditions | Indian children -- Abuse of -- New York (State) -- History | Iroquois Indians -- Cultural assimilation -- New York (State) | Iroquois Indians -- Education -- History | Indian students -- New York (State) -- History | Off-reservation boarding schools -- New York (State) -- History | Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) -- HistoryGenre/Form: Electronic books. DDC classification: 371.829/97550747 Online resources: Full text available: Includes bibliographical references (pages 169-178) and index.
An overwhelming majority of the Indians are poor, even extremely poor -- Things fall apart -- Conceived in hope, born of despair -- Crippled, defective, and Indian children -- Up to this day, I ain't nothing -- No place to go -- Everyone has forgotten me though I'm gonna die.
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