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Author:

Montgomery, Lindsay M. (Lindsay Martel) author.

Title:

Objects of survivance : a material history of the American Indian school experience / Lindsay M. Montgomery and Chip Colwell.

Publisher:

Denver Museum of Nature & Science ;

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

243 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm

Subject:

Bratley, J. H.--(Jesse H.)--Photograph collections.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation.
Indigenous peoples--Cultural assimilation--United States.
Off-reservation boarding schools--United States.
Indians of North America--History.--History.
Indigenous peoples--Education--United States.

Other Authors:

Colwell, Chip (John Stephen), 1975- author.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

A man and world in between -- Bratley's collection in context -- Indian schools -- Collecting cultures -- Corners and fairs -- The pioneering life of Jesse H. Bratley -- Port Gamble Day School, 1893-1895 -- Lower Cut Meat Creek Day School, 1895-1899 -- Cantonment Boarding School, 1899-1900 -- Havasupai Day School, 1900-1901 -- Polacca Day School, 1902 -- Kansas and Florida, 1903-1948 -- The civilizing machine -- Work conquers all -- Resistance -- Persistence -- Objects of survivance.

Summary:

"Reframes the Bratley collection showing how tribal members have embraced it as their past and reclaimed it as contemporary identity. Bratley was an Indian school teacher charged with forcibly assimilating Native Americans. Although tasked with eradicating their culture, Bratley became entranced by their practices and collected artifacts/photographs"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1607329921
9781607329923

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1109413161

LCCN:

2019032796

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)