The Cultural Transformation of A Native American Family and Its Tribe 1763-1995: A Basket of Apples

by Joel Spring

Book Overview

This book describes the impact of U.S. government civilization and education policies on a Native American family and its tribe from 1763 to 1995. While engaged in a personal quest for his family's roots in Choctaw tribal history, the author discovered a direct relationship between educational policies and their impact on his family and tribe. Combining personal narrative with traditional historical methodology, the author details how federal education...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080582247X
• ISBN13: 9780805822472
• Release Date: July 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Educational control of Native Americans

A study of how the educational policies of the United States government transformed native American tribes by creating a political and economic elite. Also, it shows the consequences of government educational policies on the Native American family