The Carlisle Indian School: A Study of Acculturation
Theses
Author/Creator
Pearl Lee Walker-McNeil
Description
Anthropology Thesis (Ph.D.)--American University, 1979.
Overview of Métis history from the 1840s to 1875. Discusses the collapse of the buffalo hunting economy, the establishment of the community of St. Laurent, passing of laws to establish order, and the arrival of the North West Mounted Police.
Includes questions for students.
Examines a collaboration between the Walpole Island First Nation and the neighboring Wallaceburg District Secondary School to improve the education of Indigenous students and what can be learned to address persistent educational issues for Indigenous populations nationwide.
A personal reflection of a non-Indigenous researcher conducting research in within Indigenous communities.