??? to Snowbird: Education, Assimilation, and Integration of Cherokee in the Snowbird Community, 1932-1965
- UNCA Author/Contributor (non-UNCA co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- S Dakota Brown (Creator)
- Institution
- University of North Carolina Asheville (UNCA )
- Web Site: http://library.unca.edu/
- Advisor
- Daniel Pierce
Abstract: ??? to Snowbird: Education, Assimilation, and Integration of Cherokee in the Snowbird Community, 1932-1965, explores the history of education of the Cherokees in the Snowbird Community. Beginning with a brief look at the Cherokee Boarding School and the creation of the Snowbird Day School. Exposing the effects that the Bureau of Indian Affairs assimilation policies and tactics had on this small Eastern Band of Cherokee Community. The assimilation process culminated in the integration of the Cherokee students into the Graham County school system, a process that took 11 years from 1954 to 1965. The Snowbird Community is apart of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) Qualla Boundary, but it is located approximately one hour west of the main EBCI territory. This distance was key in creating the unique educational path that the community was placed on, with the adverse effects lasting for generations.
??? to Snowbird: Education, Assimilation, and Integration of Cherokee in the Snowbird Community, 1932-1965
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Other
- Language: English
- Date: 2019
- Keywords
- Snowbird, Cherokee, Qualla Boundary, EBCI