Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-371) and index.
Contents:
Welcome, with Seneca thanksgiving prayer "We are one" by Peter Jemison (Seneca) -- Part 1. A sacred and storied place. 1. The stones at Carlisle / N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) -- 2. Before Carlisle: the lower Susquehanna Valley as contested native space / Christopher J. Bilodeau -- Part 2. Student lives and losses. 3. Photograph: Carlisle poem -- Who is this boy? / Maurice Kenny (Mohawk) -- 4. The names / Barbara Landis -- 5. White power and the performance of assimilation: Lincoln Institute and Carlisle Indian School / Louellyn White (Mohawk) -- 6. The imperial gridiron: dealing with the legacy of Carlisle Indian School sports / John Bloom -- 7. Waste / Maurice Kenny (Mohawk) -- Part 3. Carlisle Indian School Cemetery. 8. Cementerio indio / Eduardo Jorda, translation by Mark C. Aldrich -- 9. The history and reclamation of sacred space: the Indian school cemetery / Jacqueline Fear-Segal -- 10. Death at Carlisle: naming the unknowns in the cemetery / Barbara Landis -- Part 4. Reclamations. 11. The lost ones: piecing together the story / Jacqueline Fear-Segal -- 12. Necropolitics, Carlisle Indian School, and Nde memory / Margo Tamez (Nde/Lipan Apache) -- 13. Sacred journey: restoring my plains Indian tipi / Carolyn Rittenhouse (Lakota) -- 14. Carlisle Farmhouse: a major site of memory / Carolyn Tolman -- Part 5. Revisioning the past. 15. Research note on the Carlisle Indian Industrial School Digital Humanities Project / Malinda Triller Doran -- 16. Carlisle Indian Industrial School: projects for teaching / Paul Brawdy and Anne-Claire Fisher -- Part 6. Reflections and responses. 17. The spirit survives / Dovie Thomason (Lakota and Kiowa Apache) -- 18. Response to visiting Carlisle: experiencing intergenerational trauma / Warren Petoskey (Odawa and Lakota) -- 19. The presence of ghosts / Maurice Kenny (Mohawk) -- 20. A sacred space / Sharon O'Brien -- 21. Carlisle: my hometown / Charles Fox -- 22. The Nde and Carlisle: reflections on the symposium / Daniel Castro Romero Jr. (Nde/Lipan Apache) -- Epilogue: N. Scott Momaday (Kiowa).
Summary:
"This collection interweaves the voices of students' descendants, poets, and activists with cutting edge research by Native and non-Native scholars to reveal the complex history and enduring legacies of the school that spearheaded the federal campaign for Indian assimilation."--Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.