The Students of Sherman Indian School

by Diana Meyers Bahr

Sherman Indian High School, as it is known today, began in 1892 as Perris Indian School on eighty acres south of Riverside, California, with nine students. Its mission, like that of other off-reservation Indian boarding schools, was to "civilize" Indian children, which meant stripping them of their Native culture and giving them vocational training. Today, the school on Magnolia Avenue in Riverside serves 350 students from 68 tribes, and its curricula...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806144432
• ISBN13: 9780806144436
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"