Indians at Hampton Institute, 1877-1923

Lindsey, Donal F. 1951- (Author).

Summary: In Indians at Hampton Institute, Donal F. Lindsey examines the complex and changing interactions among Indians, blacks, and whites at the nation's premier industrial school for racial minorities. He traces the rise and decline of the Indian program in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, analyzing its impact in the U.S. campaign for Indian education.

Record details

ISBN: 0252021061
ISBN: 9780252021060
Physical Description: print
xv, 305 pages, [6] pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Publisher: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©1995.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-289) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. General Samuel Chapman Armstrong, the Founding of Hampton Institute, and Federal Indian Policy -- 2. The Rise of Hampton's Indian Program -- 3. Armstrong's Influence on National Indian Policy -- 4. Teaching through the Power of Example: Shaping Indian "Freedom" by Defusing Black Citizenship -- 5. The False Faces of Segregation -- 6. Friction and Fraternity on a Biracial Campus -- 7. Indians and Blacks at the Crossroads of Indigenous Culture and Social Adjustment -- 8. As the Years Go By: The Indian Program's Changes and Controversies -- 9. Decline, Demise, and Postmortem of Hampton's Indian Program.