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The Effects of Boarding Schools on Indian Family Life
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia

1977
Book > Chapter
Creators
Meriam, Lewis
Contributors
Unger, Steven
Description
"Excerpted from pages 573-577 of The Problem of Indian Administration by Lewis Meriam and Associates. (Copyright 1928 by the Institute for Government Research, renewed 1956 by the Brookings Institution.) Although some of the language and concepts of the Meriam Report are tainted by paternalistic and ethnocentric assumptions, we include it here because its basic criticisms of the harmful effects of boarding schools are still valid--and still unheeded by the federal government, which commissioned the report fifty years ago" (The Destruction of American Indian Families, pg. 14).
Language
English

More Information

Holding Library
Xwi7xwa Library, University of British Columbia
Statement of Responsibility
Lewis Meriam.
Publication Information
New York : Association on American Indian Affairs
Physical Description
pages 14-17 ; 22 cm
Notes
Contained in: The Destruction of American Indian Families, edited by Stephen Unger. New York : Association on American Indian Affairs, 1977.
Electronic Location and Access
Also available online (authentication may be required)
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