Offering a portrait of American Indian education, this book evaluates US education policies and practices - from early 20th century federal incarnations of colonial education through the standards movement. It reveals the falseness of fears attached to notions of ""dangerous cultural difference"".
Established in 1884 and operative for nearly a century, the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma was one of a series of off-reservation boarding schools intended to assimilate American Indian children into mainstream American life. This title recalls the Chilocco students' loneliness and demoralization, and mutual support binding them together.
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