Vanished in Hiawatha: The Story of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians

by Carla Joinson

Book Overview

Begun as a pork-barrel project by the federal government in the early 1900s, the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians (also known as the Hiawatha Insane Asylum) quickly became a dumping ground for inconvenient Indians. The federal institution in Canton, South Dakota, deprived many Native patients of their freedom without genuine cause, often requiring only the signature of a reservation agent. Only nine Native patients in the asylum's history were committed...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496223659
• ISBN13: 9781496223654
• Release Date: November 2020
• Publisher: Bison Books
• Length: 426 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"