Chemawa Indian Boarding School: The First One Hundred Years, 1880 to 1980Universal-Publishers, 1997 - 162 Seiten This study presents interviews with American Indian/ Alaska Native alumni who received some or all of their elementary and high school education at the Chemawa Indian Boarding School in Salem, Oregon between 1917 and 1985. A brief summary of Indian history, in particular Indian education, is presented as the context for many of the changes that occurred at Chemawa during its first one hundred years. The purpose of this study is to examine Chemawa alumni recollections of Chemawa within an imposed educational system. My research process included library and archival research, academic classes and personal interviews. I interviewed alumni who had attended Chemawa between 1917 and 1985. Themes such as academics, vocational training, social life and general impressions of Chemawa are categorized in the different eras and serve as the body of the thesis. Despite negative stereotypes of federal Indian boarding schools, the majority of Chemawa alumni interviewed for this thesis hold Chemawa in high regard. For many students Chemawa was an alternative to an orphanage, a respite from a dysfunctional family situation, an opportunity to gain an education and or vocational skills, or an opportunity to be with other Indians. Across generations, at least half of the students considered Chemawa's academic program inadequate; over half of the students interviewed found the vocational training, when it was available, to be very useful. Though most students acknowledge the downfalls of Chemawa, most alumni interviewed tended to overlook the negative and promote the positive. Alumni were able to view Chemawa in a positive light because students molded their boarding school experiences to fit their needs. Students created their own families (friends), community (school) and resisted the institutional suppression of Indian boarding schools. As young people, many adapted their situation to suit their needs, regardless of any negative experiences they might have encountered at Chemawa. |
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... INDIAN BOARDING SCHOOL 1880 TO 1980: THE FIRST ONE HUNDRED YEARS by Sonciray Bonnell This study presents interviews with American Indian/ Alaska Native alumni who received some or all of their elementary and high school education at the ...
... , 1880 to 1980 Sonciray Bonnell. List of Tables & Illustrations Location and Opening Date for Off-Reservation Boarding Schools - 27 Chapter One Introduction The purpose of this thesis is to v List of Tables & Illustrations.
... Indian Boarding School from the perspectives of its Indian alumni. The methodology employed to investigate the ... schools and finally the events that took place at Chemawa. The chapters are divided by eras and by events taking place in ...
... Indian boarding school alumni. Despite the overwhelmingly negative viewpoints and harmful results of Indian boarding schools, Chemawa alumni display extraordinary resilience to such policy. Many alumni even have a family-like alliance ...
... Indian cultures. With Chemawa forty miles from my home in Portland, Oregon my curiosity about Indian boarding schools was easily sated. Together these experiences led me to Chemawa Indian School. This thesis is an endeavor to illustrate ...
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