The History and Uncomfortable Legacy of St. Patrick's Mission Indian School, Anadarko, Oklahoma, 1892–1966
St. Patrick's Indian Mission School in Anadarko was one of a dozen Catholic boarding schools for Native American children in Oklahoma, home to one-third of the Native American population in the late nineteenth century. This article focuses on the tension between the school's assimilationis...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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US catholic historian
Year: 2023, Volume: 41, Issue: 3, Pages: 49-71 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CF Christianity and Science CH Christianity and Society KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KBQ North America KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
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| Summary: | St. Patrick's Indian Mission School in Anadarko was one of a dozen Catholic boarding schools for Native American children in Oklahoma, home to one-third of the Native American population in the late nineteenth century. This article focuses on the tension between the school's assimilationist aims and the Native students, families, and communities who used the school as a means for their own ends. Native appropriations of St. Patrick's ranged from employment opportunities and medical care to cultural and linguistic retention. Ultimately, boarding schools like St. Patrick's acted as both instruments of cultural repression and places of student and community empowerment. Finally, the article considers the legacy of St. Patrick's School in the twenty-first century. |
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| ISSN: | 1947-8224 |
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