Learning to Write "Indian" The Boarding-School Experience and American Indian Literature

Katanski investigates the impact of the Indian boarding school experience on the American Indian literary tradition through an examination of turn-of-the century student essays and autobiographies as well as contemporary plays, novels, and poetry. This unique volume, with 13 b&w illustrations, looks at writings about the schools as literature, rather than historical evidence.Katanski, Amelia V. is the author of 'Learning to Write "Indian" The Boarding-School Experience and American Indian Literature', published 2007 under ISBN 9780806138527 and ISBN 0806138521.