The Cultural Transformation of A Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995 - A Basket of Apples

First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

Contents: Preface. Part I: Choctaws, Cherokees, and a Mixed-Blood Family Prior to Removal. A Basket of Apples. Indian Policy as Ideological Management. The Ghost Dance, Schools, and Social Classes. The Missionaries and Their Schools. Removal, Betrayal, and Death. Part II: A Choctaw Family and Its Tribe After Removal. The Choctaw Republic and Its People. Academies, Christian Families, and Anglo-Saxon Culture. "I am a slave instead of the Negroes": Segregation and Language. From Thomas Jefferson to Henry Ford: The End of the Choctaw Republic. Afterword: The Role of Schooling in Modern Society.

About the author

Spring, Joel

Summary

A description of the impact of US government civilization and education policies on a Native American tribe from 1793 to 1995. The author dicovers a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe through the process of civilization.

Product details

• Authors: Joel Spring
• Publisher: Routledge
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.1996
• EAN: 9780805823035
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-2303-5
• No. of pages: 222
• Dimensions: 157 mm x 235 mm x 17 mm
• Weight: 479 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries