American Indians, the Irish, and Government Schooling: A Comparative Study

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Index Illustrations appear following page 176 and are indexed by figure number abuse, 167–68. See also punishments Adams, David Wallace: on educational efforts of whites, 243, 255–56, 262; on extracurricular activities, 205-6; PanIndianism , 212; on resistance, 217, 228; study of, 269, 310n51; on teachers, 169, 174 Adams, J. R. R., 35 Adams, Rachel, 4 Adas, Michael, 4 Africa, 326n55, 328n86 African Americans, 201 agriculture (curriculum), 125, 129–32 Ahascragh, Co. Galway, fig. 19 Ahascragh National School, Co. Galway, fig. 18 Ahern, Wilbert H., 255–56 Akenson, Donald, 32, 33, 35, 57 Akinasso, F. Niyi, 13–15, 277n7 Albuquerque Indian Industrial School, 127, 128, 207, 231, 260 Alderete, Ella, 255 Alford, Thomas Wildcat (Shawnee): community attitudes toward, 77; as cultural broker, 197–98; curriculum of, 136, 153; educational experience of, 111, 255, 257, 260, 261; name of, 20 Algeria, 4, 5 Allen, Elsie (Pomo), 104, 233 Allen, James (Pomo), 211 ambivalence, 266 Amental, Edwin, 9 American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions (abcfm), 25, 43, 101, 199–201, 321n84 American Bureau of Ethnology, 261 American Indian Defense Association, 53 American Indians. See Native Americans Americanization, 1–2, 38–54, 119–23, 140– 42, 271, 273n2; ambivalence toward, 266; overview of campaign, 242–44, 248–51, 254–66; rejection, 230–39; resistance, 224–28. See also assimilation American studies, 4 Ames, Miss (teacher), 199–201 Amnesty Night, 229 Andrews, Thomas G., 96, 140 The Angelus (Millet), fig. 9 Anglicans (Ireland), 54, 58–59, 242, 244–45 Anglicans (United States), 24 Anglicization: campaign for, 1–3, 54–57, 61–63, 65, 142–45, 198–99; definition of, 273n5; evaluation of efforts toward, 240–42, 244–48; resistance to, 223, 228–30. See also assimilation Anglo-Irish War (1919–21), 63 Annual Report of the Commissioner for Indian Affairs (arcia), 64 Apache Indians, figs. 4–5; attendance of, 86, 87; as cultural brokers, 192; curriculum for, 153; and employment, 260; incentives and punishment of, 21; racism toward, 171; resistance of, 226; tribal culture of, 22, 259 Apostle to the Indians. See Eliot, John apprenticeships, 19 arithmetic, 119, 121–25, 222 Armstrong Academy, Oklahoma, 211 Armstrong, Samuel C., 108, 109, 174 art clubs, 205 Ashley, A. J., 118 assimilation: and American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions schools, 43; and Christianity, 23–25; curriculum and pedagogy for, 129, 146–52, 155; definition of, 273n2; goal of, 38–39, 49–51, 118, 284n3, 287n31; Irish identity and, 214–15; at Native American boarding schools, 46–47, 64, 129, 141–42, 210–11, index 354 assimilation (cont.) 214, 215; overview of campaigns for, 1–3, 5–8, 240–44, 248–51, 261–64; resistance to and rejection of, 239; and sports, 208; staff role in, 156, 159–60, 172, 174–80, 187, 259–60. See also Anglicization; cultural brokers Association of Alumni Secretaries of the United States, 249 Athlone School, 90–91, 139, 253 Athy Model School, 71 Atkins, J. D. C., 101 Atthil, Lombe, 35 autobiography: credibility of, 8, 224; Irish, 80, 251–54, 266; Native Americans and, 254–61, 266; and peer relationships, 191 Axtell, James, 24 Balfour, Graham, 11, 244, 247 Ballidian National School, Co. Monaghan, fig. 16 Ballingeary Irish College, Co. Cork, fig. 20 Baptist Society for Promoting the Gospel in Ireland, 32 baseball, fig. 8, 203, 207 Bateman (inspector), 231 Beatty (inspector), 68–69, 143 Beaver, 100 Beck, W. H., 134–35 Beede, Cyrus, 78 Begay, Myrtle (Navajo), 238 Belfast, Ireland, 100 bell, school, 108–9, 194 Bennett, Kay, 20, 22, 88, 129, 190, 202–3, 207, 224, 325n50 Betzinez, Jason, 19, 86, 117, 130, 136, 238–39, 261 bia. See Bureau of Indian Affairs (bia) Big Seven, 224 bilingualism: among Irish, 61, 72–74, 97–106, 126, 292nn66–67, 295n26, 296n30, 312n70; among Native Americans, 195. See also English language; Irish language; languages, Native American Black, Isaac, 175 Blackbeard, Willie, 101 “blanket, going back to,” 67, 293n5 Blasket Islands: educational experience on, 90–91, 96–97, 103, 154, 252; nonschool education on, 29; peers, 188, 193–94, 212; school attendance on, 80; teachers on, 170–71, 185, 221 Blatchford, Paul (Navajo), 116 Bloom, John, 168, 205–8, 212, 310n51 boarding schools. See boarding schools (Irish); boarding schools (Native American); model schools (Ireland) boarding schools (Irish), 209 boarding schools (Native American), figs. 1–13; alumni associations, 249; assimilative goal of, 46–47, 64, 129, 141–42, 210–11, 214, 215; attendance legislation for, 49; curriculums at, 121– 22; experiences at, 92–95, 117, 306n87; extracurricular activities at...