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To educate American Indians : selected writings from the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education / edited and with an introduction by Larry C. Skogen ; foreword by David Wallace Adams.

Other author/creatorSkogen, Larry C. (Larry Clifford), 1952- editor.
Other author/creatorAdams, David Wallace, writer of foreword.
Other author/creatorNational Educational Association (U.S.). Department of Indian Education.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2023]
Descriptionxl, 377 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
National Educational Association (U.S.). Department of Indian Education.
Indians of North America--Education --United States --History --20th century.
Indian youth--Education --United States.
Off-reservation boarding schools--United States.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation --United States.
Indians of North America--Vocational education --United States.
Education and state--United States.
Portion of title Selected writings from the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education
Series Indigenous education
Indigenous education. ^A715345
Incomplete content [Volume 1.] 1900-1904 -- [volume 2.] 1905 to 1909
Incomplete content Machine generated contents note v. 1: Foreword, by David Wallace Adams -- Part 1. Charleston, South Carolina, July 7-13, 1900 -- 1. What Is the Relation of the Indian of the Present Decade to the Indian of the Future? / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 2. The Indian Problem / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 3. The Proper Relation between Literary and Industrial Education in Indian Schools / A.J. Standing, Assistant Superintendent, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania -- 4. The Training of Teachers for Indian Schools / Charles Bartlett Dyke, Director of the Normal Department, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 5. Teaching Trades to Indians / Frank K. Rogers, Director, Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade School, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 6. The Training of the Indian Girl as the Uplifter of the Home / Josephine E. Richards, Head of the Indian Department, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 7. Practical Methods of Indian Education / John Seger, Superintendent, Seger Colony School, Colony, Oklahoma -- Part 2. Detroit, Michigan, July 8-12, 1901 -- 8. President's Address: Learning by Doing / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 9. Civilization and Higher Education / William T. Harris, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Washington DC -- 10. The Reservation Day School Should Be the Prime Factor in Indian Education / C.C. Covey, Teacher, Pine Ridge Indian School, Pine Ridge, South Dakota -- 11. The Unification of Industrial and Academic Features of the Indian School / O.H. Bakeless, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania -- 12. What Shall Be Taught in an Indian School? / Calvin M. Woodward, Director, Manual Training School of Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri -- 13. An All-Around Mechanical Training for Indians / Frank K. Rogers, Director, Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade School, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 14. Practical Methods in Indian Education / Joseph W. Evans, Teacher, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma -- 15. Character Building among Indian Children / Cora M. Folsom, Teacher and Indian Corresponding Secretary, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 16. The Day School: The Gradual Uplifter of the Tribe / Macaria Murphy, Teacher, Odanah Day School, Odanah, Wisconsin -- 17. The Necessity for a Large Agricultural School in the Indian Service / C.W. Goodman, Superintendent, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma -- Part 3. Minneapolis, Minnesota, July 7-11, 1902 -- 18. President's Address / S.M. McCowan, Superintendent, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma -- 19. The Value of an Agricultural School in the Indian Service / S.M. McCowan, Superintendent, Chilocco Indian School, Chilocco, Oklahoma -- 20. The Value of the Outing System for Girls / Laura Jackson, Girls' Manager, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania -- 21. What Is Our Aim? / E.A. Allen, Assistant Superintendent, Carlisle Indian Industrial School, Carlisle, Pennsylvania -- 22. Needed Changes in Indian Schools / A.O. Wright, Supervisor of Indian Schools, Washington DC -- 23. The Value of Day Schools / James J. Duncan, Day School Inspector, Pine Ridge, South Dakota -- 24. Newspapers in Indian Schools / W.T. Harris, U.S. Commissioner of Education, Washington DC -- Part 4. Boston, Massachusetts, July 6-10, 1903 -- 25. President's Address: Our Work, Its Progress and Needs / H. B. Peairs, Superintendent, Haskell Institute, Lawrence, Kansas -- 26. To What Degree Has the Present System of Indian Schools Been Successful in Qualifying for Citizenship? / H.B. Frissell, Principal, Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, Hampton, Virginia -- 27. An Alaskan Start toward Citizenship / Sheldon Jackson, General Agent of Education in Alaska, Washington DC -- 28. The White Man's Burden versus Indigenous Development for the Lower Races / G. Stanley Hall, President, Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts -- 29. Heart Culture in Indian Education / Charles F. Meserve, President, Shaw University, Raleigh, North Carolina -- 30. Tenure in the Civil Service / John T. Doyle, Secretary of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington DC -- Part 5. St. Louis, Missouri, June 27-July 1, 1904 -- 31. Efficiency in the Indian Service / John T. Doyle, Secretary of the U.S. Civil Service Commission, Washington DC -- 32. Indian Music and Indian Education / Natalie Curtis, New York, New York -- 33. What's in a Name? / Emily S. Cook, Office of Indian Affairs, Washington DC -- 34. Indian Names / Alice C. Fletcher, Ex-President of the Anthropological Society, Washington DC.
Abstract "To Educate American Indians presents the most complete versions of papers presented at the National Educational Association's Department of Indian Education meetings during a time when the debate about how best to "civilize" Indigenous populations dominated discussions. During this time two philosophies drove the conversation. The first, an Enlightenment era-influenced universalism, held that through an educational alchemy American Indians would become productive, Christianized Americans, distinguishable from their white neighbors only by the color of their skin. Directly confronting the assimilationists' universalism were the progressive educators who, strongly influenced by the era's scientific racism, held the notion that American Indians could never become fully assimilated. Despite these differing views, a frightening ethnocentrism and an honor-bound dedication to "gifting" civilization to Native students dominated the writings of educators from the NEA's Department of Indian Education. For a decade educators gathered at annual meetings and presented papers on how best to educate Native students. Though the NEA Proceedings published these papers, strict guidelines often meant they were heavily edited before publication. In this volume Larry C. Skogen presents many of these unedited papers and gives them historical context for the years 1900 to 1904." Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2023012605
ISBN9781496236760
ISBN1496236769 volume 1 hardcover
ISBNvolume 1 electronic book
ISBNvolume 1 electronic book
ISBN9781496240453 volume 2 hardcover
ISBN1496240456 volume 2 hardcover

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