The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands by Vaughn, Bill
The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands by Vaughn, Bill

The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands

The first narrative history revealing the entire story of the development, operation, and harmful legacy of the...
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The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands by Vaughn, Bill

The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands

$67.83
The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands by Vaughn, Bill

The Plot Against Native America: The Fateful Story of Native Boarding Schools and the Theft of Tribal Lands

$67.83
Author: Bill Vaughn
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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The first narrative history revealing the entire story of the development, operation, and harmful legacy of the Native American boarding schools--and how our nation still has much to resolve before we can fully heal.

When Europeans came to the Americas centuries ago, too many of them brought racism along with them. Even presidents such as George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Andrew Jackson each had different takes on how to solve the "Indian Problem"--none of them beneficial for the Natives.

In the early 1800s, the federal government and various church denominations devised the "Indian Boarding Schools," in which Native children were forced to give up their Native languages, clothes, and spiritual beliefs for a life of cultural assimilation. Many of the children were abused sexually--and a shocking number died of pneumonia, tuberculosis, and other diseases. Sizable graveyards were found at many of these boarding schools.

In 2021, the mass graves of First Nations children were found at the remains of some Canadian boarding schools, and the Pope traveled to Canada to apologize. In May 2022, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland released the first installment of an investigation into Native American boarding schools in the United States. It was the tip of the iceberg. The findings were shocking: the investigation revealed that the boarding school system emphasized manual labor and vocational training, which failed to prepare indigenous students for life in a capitalist economy.

Despite the plot against Native America, tribal cultures have endured and are now flourishing. Indigenous birth rates are higher than those of white communities. Tribal councils across Indian Country are building their own herds of bison. As the tribes rebuild and reinvigorate their culture, the Catholic Church in America is fading. Some thirty dioceses have declared bankruptcy because of lawsuits brought by the victims of the sexual predators among priests and nuns. Native Americans seeking reparations for lost land are looking directly at the Vatican.

Author: Bill Vaughn
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 10/01/2024
Pages: 400
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.32lbs
ISBN: 9781639367467

About the Author
Bill Vaughn is the author of Hawthorn from Yale University Press; The Last Heir from Bison Books; and Making Bones, a novel. A former contributing editor for Outside Magazine, he lives with his wife, dogs, and horses on the Clark Fork downstream from Missoula, Montana.
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