Battlefield and Classroom - Four Decades with the American Indian, 1867-1904 (Paperback)

General Richard Henry Pratt, best known as the founder and longtime superintendent of the influential Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania, profoundly shaped Indian education and federal Indian policy at the turn of the twentieth century. Pratt's long and active military career included eight years of service as an army field officer on the western frontier. During that time he participated in some of the signal conflicts with Indians of the southern plains, including the Washita campaign of 1868-1869 and the Red River War of 1874-1875. He then served as jailor for many of the Indians who surrendered. His experiences led him to dedicate himself to Indian education, and from 1879 to 1904, still on active military duty, he directed the Carlisle school, believing that the only way to save Indians from extinction was to remove Indian youth to nonreservation settings and there inculcate in them what he considered civilized ways. Pratt's memoirs, edited by Robert M. Utley and with a new foreword by David Wallace Adams, offer insight into and understanding of what are now highly controversial turn-of-the-century Indian education policies.

General

Imprint:	University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	April 2004
First published:	April 2004
Authors:	Richard Henry Pratt
Editors:	Robert M. Utley
Foreword by:	David Wallace Adams
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 24mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	420
ISBN-13:	978-0-8061-3603-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > History > American history > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Biography > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8061-3603-0
Barcode:	9780806136035

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