Away from home
Subtitle: American Indian boarding school experiences, 1879-2000
By: edited by Margaret Archuleta, Brenda Child, and K. Tsianina Lomawaima ; contributing essays by John Bloom ... [et al.].
Contributors: Archuleta, Margaret, 1950-; Child, Brenda J,, 1959-; Lomawaima, K. Tsianini, 1955-; Heard, Museum.
Publisher: Heard Museum; Distributed by Museum of New Mexico Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Phoenix, AZ
Language: eng
Number of pages: 144
Subjects: Discrimination in education -- United States -- History; Indian students -- United States -- Social conditions; Off-reservation boarding schools -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Social policy
Description: Shares the stories of American Indians surviving the institutional life of boarding schools, describing Native Americans' faith, love for their heritage, resilience, and ability to learn from hard times, in a volume featuring numerous photographs and illustrations.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 136-138) and index..

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