Title Assimilation, resilience, and survival : a history of the Stewart Indian School, 1890-2020 / Samantha M. Williams

Published Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 311 pages) : illustrations Series Indigenous education Indigenous education. Contents The Stewart Indian School in Context -- Discipline, Negotiation, and Protest, 1890-1925 -- Progressive Policies and Assimilationist Practices, 1925-1948 -- Termination, Relocation, and the Special Navajo Program, 1946-1959 -- Stagnation, Self-Determination, and Reform, 1960-1980 -- Reclaiming the Stewart Indian School, 1980-2019 -- The Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum Summary "Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival illustrates how settler colonialism propelled U.S. government programs designed to assimilate generations of Native children at the Stewart Indian School (1890–1980). The school opened in Carson City, Nevada, in 1890 and embraced its mission to destroy the connections between Native children and their lands, isolate them from their families, and divorce them from their cultures and traditions. Newly enrolled students were separated from their families, had their appearances altered, and were forced to speak only English. However, as Samantha M. Williams uncovers, numerous Indigenous students and their families subverted school rules, and tensions arose between federal officials and the local authorities charged with implementing boarding school policies. The first book on the history of the Stewart Indian School, Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival reveals the experiences of generations of Stewart School alumni and their families, often in their own words. Williams demonstrates how Indigenous experiences at the school changed over time and connects these changes with Native American activism and variations in federal policy. Williams’s research uncovers numerous instances of abuse at Stewart, and Assimilation, Resilience, and Survival addresses both the trauma of the boarding school experience and the resilience of generations of students who persevered there under the most challenging of circumstances."-- Provided by publisher Analysis Native Americans Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 14, 2022) Subject Carson Indian School (Carson City, Nev.) -- History Carson Indian School (Carson City, Nev.) Indians of North America -- Education -- Nevada -- History Indian students -- Nevada -- Carson City -- History Off-reservation boarding schools -- Nevada -- Carson City -- History Indigenous peoples -- Crimes against -- Nevada -- History Indigenous peoples -- Education -- Nevada -- History Indigenous peoples -- Cultural assimilation -- Nevada -- History Indigenous peoples -- Nevada -- History Indigenous peoples -- Nevada -- Social conditions -- History Indigenous peoples -- Nevada -- Government relations -- History Indigenous children -- Crimes against -- Nevada -- History Indigenous children -- Government policy -- Nevada -- History Indigenous children -- Abuse of -- Nevada -- History Racism in education -- Nevada -- History Indigenous children -- Education -- Nevada -- History EDUCATION -- History. SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- American -- Native American Studies. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies Off-reservation boarding schools Indians of North America -- Education Indian students Carson City (Nev.) -- History -- 20th century Nevada -- Carson City Nevada Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 1496232011 9781496232014 9781496232007 1496232003

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