CHILD ARTISANS OF THE NORTHERN PLAINS: WOODCARVING AT FORT SHAW INDIAN SCHOOL, 1892-1910
Journal: Montana State University ScholarWorks (Montana State University)
Year: 2011

Numerous contract and federal Indian boarding schools operated on the northern plains during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Though there were thousands of Indian children who attended schools in Montana, boarding school culture there remains very much shrouded in mystery. This thesis illuminates individual biographies that intersect with manual arts training at the Fort Shaw Indian School that operated from 1892-1910. Thirteen sunken-relief wood carvings were created in this