| Autor: |
NAGLE, REBECCA |
| Zdroj: |
High Country News; 12/9/2019, Vol. 51 Issue 21, p36-37, 2p, 2 Color Photographs |
| Abstrakt: |
Ricky Duvall's first language was Cherokee. His mom spoke Cherokee; his grandparents spoke Cherokee; his siblings and cousins all spoke Cherokee. At the height of the Indian boarding school era, between 1877 and 1918, the United States allocated $2.81 billion (adjusted for inflation) to support the nation's boarding school infrastructure - an educational system designed to assimilate Indigenous people into white culture and destroy Native languages. [Extracted from the article] |
| Databáze: |
Supplemental Index |
| Externí odkaz: |
|
