The History of Chemawa Indian School
Theses
Author/Creator
Patrick Michael McKeehan
Description
Education Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Washington, 1981.
Selection of photos of schools.
Education Thesis (PhD) -- University of Denver, 2018.
Relates the history of a residential school where between 1884 and 1889 fifty-two children died, one of whom was only six months old.
Documentary inspired by the non-fiction book of the same name by Thomas King explores historical attitudes and efforts to colonize Indigenous peoples and contemporary expressions of resistance.
Duration: 1h, 29 min.
The author reflects his father's experience in the American boarding school system.