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ERIC Number: EJ580404
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1999
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ISSN: ISSN-0275-7664
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Literacy Practices at the Genoa Industrial Indian School.
Goodburn, Amy
Great Plains Quarterly, v19 n1 p35-52 Win 1999
Examines literacy practices at Genoa Industrial Indian School (Nebraska), 1884-1934, one of the largest federal Indian boarding schools. Focuses on literary texts that students read, particularly "Stiya: A Carlisle Indian Girl at Home" and "Ramona"; student essays about preservation versus extinction of Indian languages and absorption of Indians into the White race; and student letters resisting school practices. (SV)
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Educational History, Educational Practices, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Maintenance, Literacy, Reading Materials, Resistance (Psychology), Student Experience, Writing Assignments
Publication Type: Historical Materials; Information Analyses; Journal Articles
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nebraska
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