Get Free Shipping on orders over $79
To Show What an Indian Can Do : Sports at Native American Boarding Schools - John Bloom

To Show What an Indian Can Do

Sports at Native American Boarding Schools

By: John Bloom

Paperback | 10 March 2005

Sorry, we are not able to source the book you are looking for right now.

We did a search for other books with a similar title, however there were no matches. You can try selecting from a similar category, click on the author's name, or use the search box above to find your book.

The Carlisle Indian School and the Haskell Institute in Kansas were among the many federally operated boarding schools enacting the U.S. government's education policy toward Native Americans from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, one designed to remove children from familiar surroundings and impose mainstream American culture on them. To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at these institutions and, drawing on the recollections of former students, describes the importance of competitive sports in their lives. Author John Bloom focuses on the male and female students who did not typically go on to greater athletic glory but who found in sports something otherwise denied them by the boarding school program: a sense of community, accomplishment, and dignity.

Industry Reviews
"John Bloom offers a compelling and fresh analysis of an aspect of Indian education that was deeply laden with meaning yet little understood. I strongly recommend this book. It is well written, provocative, and rich in historical detail." -American Studies
"This book makes it clear that there is no single Native American experience and that boarding schools affected different students differently - sometimes, through athletics, providing a sense of pride." - Library Journal

More in Sports & Outdoor Recreation for Children & Teenagers

The Academy V : Cup of Nations - T.Z. Layton

RRP $14.99

$14.75

Invisible Ninja! (Ninja Kid 17) : Ninja Kid - Anh Do

RRP $15.99

$9.99

38%
OFF
Football Superstars : Yamal Rules - Simon Mugford

RRP $12.99

$12.75

The Academy III : Tournament of Champions - T.Z. Layton
Racing Legends: Carlos Sainz : 101 Facts about Formula One - Maurice Hamilton
Basketball Superstars : Kevin Durant - Hannah Dolan

RRP $12.99

$12.75

Basketball Superstars : Stephen Curry - Hannah Dolan

RRP $12.99

$12.75

The Academy IV : Title Fight - T.Z. Layton

RRP $14.99

$14.75

Sunday Skating : Jetty Jumping - Andrea Rowe

RRP $24.99

$21.75

13%
OFF
Howzat Pat: Dare to Bowl, Book 1 : Howzat Pat - Pat Cummins
Money Mystery : Howzat Pat - Pat Cummins

RRP $15.99

$15.75

Ninja Rewind! (Ninja Kid 16) : Ninja Kid - Anh Do

RRP $15.99

$13.75

14%
OFF
Kid Potato: Welcome to my World : Book 1 - Neil Coslett

RRP $16.99

$15.99

Football Stories : Heroes of the World Cup - Simon Mugford
Wrestling Mania! (Pizza and Taco #4) - Stephen Shaskan

RRP $12.99

$11.75

10%
OFF
Men's Football Legends 2026 - David Ballheimer
Extra Weird! : WeirDo #3: Colour Edition - Anh Do

RRP $19.99

$14.99

25%
OFF
The Wobbly Bike : 2025 CBCA BOOK OF THE YEAR: Early Childhood - Darren McCallum