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ERIC Number: EJ513888
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-1052-5505
The Broken Covenant: American Indian Missions in the Colonial Colleges. Research.
Wright, Bobby
Tribal College, v7 n1 p26-33 Sum 1995
Examines the history of America's first colleges, founded to both convert Indians to Christianity and, at least in part, to provide a classical liberal arts education. Indicates that all available accounts of Indian missions in colonial colleges were tragic failures. (contains 29 citations) (MAB)
Descriptors: American Indians, Cultural Differences, Culture Contact, Educational History, Ethnocentrism, Higher Education, Intergroup Relations, Role of Education, Social Integration, Tribes
Publication Type: Reports - Research; Historical Materials; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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