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Book

Michigan Indian boarding school survivors speak out : a narrative history

Call Numbers

  • 977.400497 B8978 (CEN, OSH)
  • H 977.400497 B8978 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Ann Arbor, MI : Modern History Press, [2024]

Physical Description

iv, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"Brunner's social work research into Michigan Indian Boarding Schools led her to gather oral histories from nine Native American survivors of the Mt. Pleasant Indian Industrial Boarding School and the Holy Childhood of Jesus School in Harbor Springs. Analysis of the themes reveals the cruelties inflicted by the Boarding School system including starvation, corporal punishment, and sexual abuse of minors"--

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