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Author Burich, Keith R., author.

Title The Thomas Indian School and the "irredeemable" children of New York / Keith R. Burich.

Publication Info. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2016.

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Edition First edition.
Description 1 online resource (xX, 193 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series The Iroquois and their neighbors
Iroquois and their neighbors.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents An overwhelming majority of the Indians are poor, even extremely poor -- Things fall apart -- Conceived in hope, born of despair -- Crippled, defective, and Indian children -- Up to this day, I ain't nothing -- No place to go -- Everyone has forgotten me though I'm gonna die.
Summary "The story of the Thomas Indian School is the story of the Iroquois people and the suffering and despair of the children who found themselves trapped in an institution from which there was little chance for escape. Although the school began as a refuge for children, it also served as a mechanism for "civilizing" and converting native children to Christianity. As the school's population swelled and financial support dried up, the founders were forced to turn the school over to the state of New York. Under the State Board of Charities, children were subjected to prejudice, poor treatment, and long-term institutionalization, resulting in alienation from their families and cultures. In this harrowing yet essential book, Burich offers new and important insights into the role and nature of boarding schools and their destructive effect on generations of indigenous populations."--Back cover.
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Subject Thomas Indian School (Iroquois, N.Y.)
Thomas Indian School (Iroquois, N.Y.)
Off-reservation boarding schools -- New York (State) -- History.
Off-reservation boarding schools.
New York (State)
History.
Indian students -- New York (State) -- History.
Indian students.
Iroquois Indians -- Education -- History.
Iroquois Indians.
Education.
Iroquois Indians -- Cultural assimilation -- New York (State)
Assimilation (Sociology)
Indian children -- Abuse of -- New York (State) -- History.
Indian children -- Abuse of.
Iroquois children -- New York (State) -- Social conditions.
Iroquois children.
Social conditions.
Indians of North America -- Education -- New York (State) -- Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.
Indians of North America -- Education.
New York (State) -- Cattaraugus Indian Reservation.
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- New York (State)
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation.
Cattaraugus Indian Reservation (N.Y.) -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Burich, Keith R. Thomas Indian School and the "irredeemable" children of New York. First edition. Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, [2016] 9780815634546 (DLC) 2015048155 (OCoLC)928488101
ISBN 9780815653585 (electronic book)
0815653581 (electronic book)
9780815634546
0815634544
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