K. Tsianina Lomawaima Books

K. Tsianina Lomawaima is a Professor of American Indian Studies whose work delves deeply into the history and impact of Native American boarding schools. She illuminates the complex educational experiences that shaped generations of Indigenous peoples in America. Through meticulous research and careful narrative, Lomawaima uncovers the resilience, resistance, and enduring legacy of these institutions within Native communities.

They Called It Prairie Light
215 pages
8 hours of reading
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Established in 1884 and operative for nearly a century, the Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma was one of a series of off-reservation boarding schools intended to assimilate American Indian children into mainstream American life. This title recalls the Chilocco students' loneliness and demoralization, and mutual support binding them together.

They Called It Prairie Light