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Pratt, the red man's Moses

Title
Pratt, the red man's Moses / by Elaine Goodale Eastman.
Author
Eastman, Elaine Goodale, 1863-1953
Publication
Norman, OK : University of Oklahoma Press, 1935.

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TextUse in library E97 .E278 1935Off-site

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Description
285, [1] pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Series Statement
The civilization of the American Indian
Uniform Title
Civilization of the American Indian series
Subject
  • Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
  • Pratt, Richard Henry, 1840-1924
  • United States Indian School (Carlisle, Pa.)
  • Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation
  • Indians of North America > Education
  • Indians of North America > Cultural assimilation
  • Indians of North America > Education
Note
  • "First edition."
Bibliography (note)
  • "Book list": p. 277-278.
Contents
Background: 1840-1865 -- Home life at an army post, 1868-1875 -- Patriot and outlaw on the staked plains -- Day of judgment -- Old Fort Marion and the prison school, 1875-1878 -- Hampton throws out a lifeline -- From Carlisle barracks to Carlisle school -- The fight for appropriations -- Pratt and other "Friends of the Indian" -- Pratt as a friend and critic of Indian missions -- The first Sioux homesteaders, 1869 -- Day schools and community centers: two points of view -- Pratt, Dawes, and land in severalty -- Ordeal of the Sioux, 1888-1891 -- Pratt on native culture and racial blends -- Carlisle school comes of age -- the "outing": an open door -- Bringing in the sheaves -- "The Indian bureau our Indian problem" -- The long road home, 1904-1924.
LCCN
35021899
OCLC
  • ocm00818785
  • 818785
  • SCSB-208301
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library