Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans, and the Indian Student Placement Program, 1947-2000
ISBN-13:
9781607815693
ISBN-10:
1607815699
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Matthew Garrett
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
University of Utah Press
Format:
Paperback
384 pages
Category:
Christian Books & Bibles
,
Native American
,
Americas History
FREE US shipping
Book details
ISBN-13:
9781607815693
ISBN-10:
1607815699
Edition:
Reprint
Author:
Matthew Garrett
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
University of Utah Press
Format:
Paperback
384 pages
Category:
Christian Books & Bibles
,
Native American
,
Americas History
Summary
Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans, and the Indian Student Placement Program, 1947-2000 (ISBN-13: 9781607815693 and ISBN-10: 1607815699), written by authors
Matthew Garrett, was published by University of Utah Press in 2016.
With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other
Christian Books & Bibles
(Native American, Americas History) books. You can easily purchase or rent Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans, and the Indian Student Placement Program, 1947-2000 (Paperback) from BooksRun,
along with many other new and used
Christian Books & Bibles
books
and textbooks.
And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.82.
Description
Winner of the Juanita Brooks Prize in Mormon Studies From 1947 to 2000, some 50,000 Native American children left the reservations to live with Mormon foster families. While some dropped out of the Indian Student Placement Program (ISPP), for others the months spent living with LDS families often proved more penetrating than expected. The ISPP emerged in the mid-twentieth century, championed by Apostle Spencer W. Kimball, aligned with the then national preferences to terminate tribal entities and assimilate indigenous people. But as the paradigm shifted to self-determination, critics labeled the program as crudely assimilationist. Some ISPP students like Navajo George P. Lee fiercely defended the LDS Church before native peers and Congress, contending that it empowered Native people and instilled the true Indian identity; meanwhile Red Power activists organized protests in Salt Lake City, denouncing LDS colonization. As a new generation of church leaders quietly undercut the Indian programs, many of its former participants felt a sense of confusion and abandonment as Mormon distinctions for Native people faded in the late twentieth century. Making Lamanites traces this student experience within contested cultural and institutional landscapes to reveal how and why many of these Native youth adopted a new notion of Indianness. Winner of the Francis Armstrong Madsen Best Book Award from the Utah Division of State History.
We would LOVE it if you could help us and other readers by reviewing the book
Book review
Congratulations! We have received your book review.
{user}
{createdAt}
by {truncated_author}