Early Native American bands : the Phoenix Indian School
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kristin N. Arp (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Jennifer Walter
Abstract: The Phoenix Indian School was a boarding school designed to educate and “civilize” Native American students while assimilating them into white culture. The assimilation tactics used to induce Native American children to behave like white, European colonists were many and varied, and those tactics were forced on students at Native American boarding schools throughout the U.S. Although there were more than 523 Native American assimilation boarding schools in 37 states, the current research study focuses on the Phoenix Indian School and its band program, in operation from 1891 to 1990. The purpose of this historical case study was to explore the contributions and development of the Phoenix Indian School Band from 1891 to 1990. The researcher used purposive sampling to select the Phoenix Indian School because it was the longest running school that served Native Americans, first as a boarding school and later as a traditional high school. The researcher specifically chose to investigate the Phoenix Indian School Band given its prestigious, national reputation. The researcher utilized the following questions to conduct the study: 1. What impact, if any, did participation in the Phoenix Indian School Band have on Native American students from 1891 to 1990? 2. What contributions, if any, did the Phoenix Indian School Band have on the history and development of bands in the United States? 3. Why is the history of the Phoenix Indian School Band typically left out of discussions of the history of bands in America?
Early Native American bands : the Phoenix Indian School
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Dissertation
- Language: English
- Date: 2024
- Keywords
- Bands, Native American, Music