The YMCA and social change, 1844-1925 -- "White men raise cities, red men rais sons" -- The "Indian" in Indian Guides -- A national movement -- The promise of the program -- "The real feelings and concerns of the Indian" : the fracturing of Y-Indian Guides -- "We couldn't fix it" : removing the "Indian" from Guides.
Summary:
""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"-- Provided by publisher.
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