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Indian orphanages, Marilyn Irvin Holt

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Indian orphanages, Marilyn Irvin Holt

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-311) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Indian orphanages

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

46353287

Responsibility statement

Marilyn Irvin Holt

Review

"The first book to focus exclusively on this subject, Marilyn Holt's study interweaves Indian history, educational history, family history, and child welfare policy to tell the story of Indian orphanages within the larger context of the orphan asylum in America. She relates the history of these orphanages and the cultural factors that produced and sustained them, shows how orphans became a part of native experience after Euro-American contact, and explores the manner in which Indian societies have addressed the issue of child dependency."--Jacket

Table Of Contents

Crumbling culture -- First solution : Seneca -- Orphans among us : Cherokee -- After the war : Chickasaw -- The missionaries : Choctaw and Creek -- Tribal dissolution : Oklahoma -- Catholic outposts : Ojibway and Sioux

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