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Inappropriation : The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides /

""Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides" traces the 77-year history of a youth development program that, at its height, engaged over a half million participants annually. Beginning with idealistic origins, intending to soften the stereotypical stern father, Y-Indian...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Hillmer, Paul, 1960- (Autor), Bean, Ryan, 1980- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Columbia : University of Missouri Press, 2023.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:""Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides" traces the 77-year history of a youth development program that, at its height, engaged over a half million participants annually. Beginning with idealistic origins, intending to soften the stereotypical stern father, Y-Indian Guides traced a complicated thread of American history, touching upon themes of family, race, class, and privilege. Y-Indian Guides was a father-son (and later parent-child) program established in 1926 by Harold Keltner, a YMCA Boys Work secretary from St. Louis, MO, and Joe Friday, a member of the Canadian Ojibwe First Peoples. Keltner and Friday harnessed white middle-class fascination with Native Americans into what became Y-Indian Guides"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780826274847