Assimilation's agent: my life as a superintendent in the indian boarding school system
Auteur :
Chalcraft, Edwin
Éditeur :
University of Nebraska Press
ISBN :
9780803215160
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2004
Dimensions :
23,8 x 16,3 x 3,5 cm
Poids :
798 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Reveals the life and opinions of Edwin L Chalcraft (1855-1943), a superintendent in the federal Indian boarding schools during the critical period of forced assimilation in the late 19th and early 20th century. This memoir discusses the Grant peace policy, the inspection system, allotment, corporal punishment, alcoholism, and patronage.