Pipestone : my life in an Indian boarding school
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Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2010].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xviii, 193 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Status
Main Library - Young Adult
371.829 Eag
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371.829 Eag
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Published
Norman : University of Oklahoma Press, [2010].
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 6.2, 11 Points
Level 6.2, 11 Points
Lexile measure
910
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate Eagle lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike." "Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist vision was reshaping the federal boarding school system to promote greater respect for Native cultures and traditions. But this book is hardly a dry history of the late boarding school era. Telling this story in the voice of his younger self, the author takes us on a delightful journey into his childhood and the inner world of the boarding school. Along the way, he shares anecdotes of dormitory culture, student pranks, and warrior games. Although Fortunate Eagle recognizes Pipestone's shortcomings, he describes his time there as nothing less than "a little bit of heaven.""--BOOK JACKET.
Target Audience
910L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,6.2,11,149948.
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Fortunate Eagle, Adam, -- 1929- -- Childhood and youth.
Indian students -- Minnesota -- Pipestone -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Minnesota -- Pipestone.
Indians of North America -- Education -- Minnesota -- Pipestone.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Minnesota -- Pipestone -- History -- 20th century.
Pipestone (Minn.) -- Biography.
Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School -- History.
Fortunate Eagle, Adam, -- 1929- -- Childhood and youth.
Indian students -- Minnesota -- Pipestone -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Biography.
Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation -- Minnesota -- Pipestone.
Indians of North America -- Education -- Minnesota -- Pipestone.
Off-reservation boarding schools -- Minnesota -- Pipestone -- History -- 20th century.
Pipestone (Minn.) -- Biography.
Pipestone Indian Industrial Training School -- History.