The Thomas Indian School and the Irredeemable Children of New York Contributor(s): Burich, Keith R. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0815634544 ISBN-13: 9780815634546 Publisher: Syracuse University Press OUR PRICE: $59.35 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Student Life & Student Affairs - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - History | Native American |
Dewey: 371.829 |
LCCN: 2015048155 |
Series: Iroquois and Their Neighbors |
Physical Information: 0.63" H x 6" W x 9" (1.06 lbs) 224 pages |
Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The story of the Thomas Indian School has been overlooked by history and historians even though it predated, lasted longer, and affected a larger number of Indian children than most of the more well-known federal boarding schools. Founded by the Presbyterian missionaries on the Cattaraugus Seneca Reservation in western New York, the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, as it was formally named, shared many of the characteristics of the government-operated Indian schools. However, its students were driven to its doors not by Indian agents, but by desperation. Forcibly removed from their land, Iroquois families suffered from poverty, disease, and disruptions in their traditional ways of life, leaving behind many abandoned children. |