Indian Orphanages

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"The first book to focus exclusively on this subject, Marilyn Holt's study interweaves Indian history, educational history, family history, and child welfare policy to tell the story of Indian orphanages within the larger context of the orphan asylum in America. She relates the history of these orphanages and the cultural factors that produced and sustained them, shows how orphans became a part of native experience after Euro-American contact, and explores the manner in which Indian societies have addressed the issue of child dependency."--BOOK JACKET.

subjects: Indian orphanages,  Indian children,  Government policy,  Treatment of Indians,  United States,  Institutional care,  History,  États-Unis,  Waisenkind,  Orphans and orphanages,  Politique gouvernementale,  Orphanages,  Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 (United States),  Soins en institutions,  Indianen,  Wezenzorg,  Histoire,  Indiens d'Amérique, Attitudes envers les,  Weeshuizen,  Orphelinats pour Indiens d'Amérique,  Children,  Enfants indiens d'Amérique,  Indians, treatment of,  Indian children, north america,  Indians of north america, legal status, laws, etc.,  Indians