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Parker, Dorothy R. – 1996
This book recounts the Phoenix Indian School's history from 1935 to its closing in 1990. In the 1930s, the Bureau of Indian Affairs' philosophy of assimilation declined in importance, as evidenced by termination of the boarding school's militaristic discipline, greater recognition of tribal traditions, and early experimentation in bilingual…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Bilingual Education, Boarding Schools
