| Description |
1 online resource (lxvi, 360 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-339) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Foreword -- Journey to the West -- Chehalis Indian Reservation -- Puyallup Agency and School -- Salem Indian Training School -- Private citizens -- Shoshone Indian Agency, Wyoming -- Supervisor of Indian schools -- Salem Indian Training School, second appointment -- Jones Male Academy -- Siletz Indian Agency -- At home in Seattle. |
| Summary |
Assimilation's Agent reveals the life and opinions of Edwin L. Chalcraft (1855-1943), a superintendent in the federal Indian boarding schools during the critical period of forced assimilation in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Chalcraft was hired by the Office of Indian Affairs (now known as the Bureau of Indian Affairs) in 1883. During his nearly four decades of service, he worked at a number of Indian boarding schools and agencies, including the Chehalis Indian School in Oakville, Washington; Puyallup Indian School in Tacoma, Washington; Chemawa Indian School in Salem, Oregon; Wind River Indian School in Wind River, Wyoming; Jones Male Academy in Hartshorne, Oklahoma; and Siletz Indian Agency in Oregon. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Chalcraft, Edwin L., 1855-1943.
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Chalcraft, Edwin L., 1855-1943. |
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Chalcraft, Edwin L. |
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Chalcraft, Edwin L., 1855-1943. |
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Off-reservation boarding schools -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century.
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Off-reservation boarding schools. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
School superintendents -- Northwest, Pacific -- Biography.
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School superintendents. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
School superintendents -- Wyoming -- Biography.
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Wyoming. |
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Indians of North America -- Education -- Northwest, Pacific -- History -- 19th century.
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Indians of North America -- Education. |
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Indians of North America -- Education -- Wyoming -- History -- 19th century.
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Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Northwest, Pacific.
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Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation. |
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Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Wyoming.
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| Chronological Term |
1800 - 1899 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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| Added Author |
Collins, Cary C., 1961-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chalcraft, Edwin L. Assimilation's agent. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2004 0803215169 (DLC) 2004000623 (OCoLC)56212036 |
| ISBN |
0803204353 (electronic book) |
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9780803204355 (electronic book) |
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1280374322 |
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9781280374326 |
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0803215169 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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9780803215160 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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