They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School (North American Indian Prose Award
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They are all gone now and their stories with them. Like some of the people interviewed in the book, they would simply say "We went to class or learned to sew.
My aunt told me my mother ran away repeatedly and was taken back. No one would ever say why. One person found this helpful. Was hoping the book would be more about former students stories. I live in Oklahoma and have driven by the front gates of Chilooco School many times and was curious about It and it's history. There were some aspects of the book that were interesting and others that made it hard to read. Simply powerful, beautifully written. If you are interested in Indian boarding school history you must read this book by a Hopi scholar.
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This was a gift for my wife. Her grandparents had worked at Chilocco Indian School in Oklahoma. She had been told about this book and was interested in what had been written about the school.
One person found this helpful 2 people found this helpful. A classic and must have for every educator or person working in Indian Country. I like it because my mother attended Chllacco from to and I attended her class reunions when I was young. I was not required to read this entire book so my review is not complete. I did find the material interesting because I did not know much information about the Indian schools.
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To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Apr 11, Kelsey rated it really liked it Shelves: A really interesting look at the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma in the s and s. Of special interest to me is Lomawaima's discussion of the intersecting oppressions of race and gender, and their influences on the lives of the female students at Chilocco.
She focuses specifically on the links between enforced uniformity, regimentation of the body, and subservience training, and the way in which female students rebelled against the matrons and disciplinarians who sought to A really interesting look at the Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Oklahoma in the s and s. She focuses specifically on the links between enforced uniformity, regimentation of the body, and subservience training, and the way in which female students rebelled against the matrons and disciplinarians who sought to quash individuality and creativity.
It is in her attempt to highlight this battle that Lomawaima relates a thoroughly entertaining "bloomer story. Deploying oral histories gathered from sixty Chilocco alumni, Lomawaima sets about the task of portraying day-to-day life at the school, and also the way in which students were able to resist the federally-sanctioned systematic destruction of Indian identity. If the children used their language or culture they were beaten. History books need to be re-written to incorporate what really happened to First Nations and Native peoples.
Jul 31, Rachel Denham rated it liked it. The topic is very interesting and brought to light many insights into the American education system and Native American culture. Unfortunately, the book was completely unorganized and, therefore, extremely difficult to read.
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They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School
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There was a problem filtering reviews right now. Please try again later. Kindle Edition Verified Purchase. Thank you to the author for researching and writing a book about Chilocco and recording a part of Native American history that is not discussed. It's the only book of first person accounts I could find about any Indian school. It's a somewhat difficult "term paper" format to read but I'm grateful for the insight it provides into what daily life was like at Chilocco from a student's perspective.
My mother and several of her sisters were at Chilocco and would not talk about it much.
They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School by K. Tsianina Lomawaima
They are all gone now and their stories with them. Like some of the people interviewed in the book, they would simply say "We went to class or learned to sew. My aunt told me my mother ran away repeatedly and was taken back. No one would ever say why. One person found this helpful. Was hoping the book would be more about former students stories. I live in Oklahoma and have driven by the front gates of Chilooco School many times and was curious about It and it's history. There were some aspects of the book that were interesting and others that made it hard to read.
Simply powerful, beautifully written. If you are interested in Indian boarding school history you must read this book by a Hopi scholar. This was a gift for my wife.