Includes bibliographical references and index.

List of illustrations -- Preface -- Introduction : Origin and development of the American Indian boarding school system / Clifford E. Trafzer, Jean A. Keller, and Lorene Sisquoc -- 1. Beyond bleakness : the brighter side of Indian boarding schools, 1870-1940 / David Wallace Adams -- 2. ʺWe had a lot of fun, but of course, that wasnʹt the school partʺ : life at the Rainy Mountain boarding school, 1893-1920 / Clyde Ellis -- 3. The man on the bandstand at Carlisle Indian Industrial school : what he reveals about the childrenʹs experiences / Jacqueline Fear-Segal -- 4. Putting Lucy pretty eagle to rest / Barbara C. Landis -- 5. Loosening the bonds : the rapid city Indian school in the 1920s / Scott Riney -- 6. Hail Mary : the Catholic experience as St. Boniface Indian school / Tanya L. Rathbun -- 7. Learning gender : female students at the Sherman Institute, 1907-1925 / Katrina A. Paxton -- 8. Through a wide-angle lens : acquiring and maintaining power, position, and knowledge through boarding schools / Margaret Connell Szasz -- 9. Indian boarding schools in comparative perspective : the removal of indigenous children in the United States and Australia, 1880-1940 / Margaret D. Jacobs -- 10. The place of American Indian boarding schools in contemporary society / Patricia Dixon and Clifford E. Trafzer -- About the editors -- Index.