Indian School on Magnolia Avenue : Voices and Images from Sherman Institute

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In 1902 the Federal Government opened the flagship Sherman Institute, an influential off-reservation boarding school in Riverside, California, to transform American indian students into productive farmers, carpenters, homemakers, nurses, cooks, and seamstresses. Indian students built the school and...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Trafzer, Clifford E.
Other Authors: Gilbert, Matt Sakiestewa
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Corvallis : Oregon State University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.)
Sherman Institute (Riverside, Calif.) > History.
School children.
Off-reservation boarding schools.
Indian students.
Éleves du primaire > Californie > Riverside > Histoire.
Internats pour Autochtones > Californie > Riverside > Histoire.
Indian students > California > Riverside > History.
School children > California > Riverside > History.
Off-reservation boarding schools > California > Riverside > History.
California > Riverside.
Riverside (Calif.) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:In 1902 the Federal Government opened the flagship Sherman Institute, an influential off-reservation boarding school in Riverside, California, to transform American indian students into productive farmers, carpenters, homemakers, nurses, cooks, and seamstresses. Indian students built the school and worked there daily. The book draws on sources held at the Sherman Institute Museum.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages).
ISBN:9780870716942

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