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Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival is the first book to explore the trauma of the boarding school experience at Steward Indian School and the resilience of generations of students who persevered there under the most challenging of circumstances.
List of contents
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Author’s Note on Terminology
Introduction: The Stewart Indian School in Context
1. Discipline, Negotiation, and Protest, 1890–1925
2. Progressive Policies and Assimilationist Practices, 1925–1948
3. Termination, Relocation, and the Special Navajo Program, 1946–1959
4. Stagnation, Self-Determination, and Reform, 1960–1980
5. Reclaiming the Stewart Indian School, 1980–2019
Conclusion: The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Samantha M. Williams is a writer and historian who focuses on the history of the Native American boarding school system. She earned a PhD in history from the University of California, Santa Cruz, and served as a research consultant for the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum.
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Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival is the first book to explore the trauma of the boarding school experience at Steward Indian School and the resilience of generations of students who persevered there under the most challenging of circumstances.
