To Show What an Indian Can Do : Sports at Native American Boarding Schools.

By: Bloom, JohnMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Sport and CulturePublisher: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2000Copyright date: ©2000Description: 1 online resource (191 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780816691944Subject(s): Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History | Indians of North America -- Education | Indians of North America -- Sports | Off-reservation boarding schools -- United States -- History | Sports -- United States -- History | United States -- Race relations | United States -- Social conditionsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: To Show What an Indian Can Do : Sports at Native American Boarding SchoolsDDC classification: 796/.089/97 LOC classification: E98.G2 -- B56 2000ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Native American Athletics and Assimilation -- 2. The Struggle over the Meaning of Sports -- 3. The 1930s and Pan-Indian Pride -- 4. Female Physical Fitness, Sexuality, and Pleasure -- 5. Narratives of Boarding School Life -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at Native American boarding schools and, drawing on the recollections of former students, describes the importance of competitive sport in their lives. John Bloom focuses on the students who did not typically go on to greater athletic glory but who found in sports something otherwise denied them at boarding school: a sense of community, accomplishment, and dignity.
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Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Native American Athletics and Assimilation -- 2. The Struggle over the Meaning of Sports -- 3. The 1930s and Pan-Indian Pride -- 4. Female Physical Fitness, Sexuality, and Pleasure -- 5. Narratives of Boarding School Life -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at Native American boarding schools and, drawing on the recollections of former students, describes the importance of competitive sport in their lives. John Bloom focuses on the students who did not typically go on to greater athletic glory but who found in sports something otherwise denied them at boarding school: a sense of community, accomplishment, and dignity.

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