Author : Phoenix Indian School
Release : 1905
Genre : Indians of North America
Kind : eBook
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Download or read book United States Indian Industrial Training School written by Phoenix Indian School. This book was released on 1905. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A scarce pamphlet celebrating the students and achievements of the United States Indian Industrial Training School in Phoenix. Founded in 1891, the school was part of a movement in the late nineteenth century, which some have called "forced assimilation," by which Indian students were educated in a conventional Anglo-Saxon manner. Printed by the students of the school, the brief text explains that "The Phoenix Indian school does not furnish brains to its students, but it provides opportunity, and the young men and young women who enter this school with some small desire to grow will find their ambition stirred and the possibilities of their future largely increased." The profuse illustrations show all aspects of student life, in and out of the classroom, including students playing tennis, the baseball and football teams, female students practicing housekeeping and dressmaking, members of the band, public speaking teams, images of the various student "battalions," instructors, the printing office, the bakery, dormitories, classrooms, campus buildings, and much more. A contemporary manuscript annotation on one page reads: "This desk [pictured] is hand carved + was made by an Indian boy over at the school. It was exhibited at the St. Louis Fair." "