Objects of survivance : a material history of the American Indian school experience

Montgomery, Lindsay M. (Lindsay Martel) (author.). Colwell, Chip (John Stephen), 1975- (author.).

Summary: "Reframes the Bratley collection showing how tribal members have embraced it as their past and reclaimed it as contemporary identity. Bratley was an Indian school teacher charged with forcibly assimilating Native Americans. Although tasked with eradicating their culture, Bratley became entranced by their practices and collected artifacts/photographs"--

Record details

ISBN: 9781607329923
ISBN: 1607329921
ISBN: 9781607329930
Physical Description: print
243 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm
Publisher: Denver, Colorado : Denver Museum of Nature & Science ; [2019]
Copyright: 2019

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A man and world in between -- Bratley's collection in context -- Indian schools -- Collecting cultures -- Corners and fairs -- The pioneering life of Jesse H. Bratley -- Port Gamble Day School, 1893-1895 -- Lower Cut Meat Creek Day School, 1895-1899 -- Cantonment Boarding School, 1899-1900 -- Havasupai Day School, 1900-1901 -- Polacca Day School, 1902 -- Kansas and Florida, 1903-1948 -- The civilizing machine -- Work conquers all -- Resistance -- Persistence -- Objects of survivance.