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Essie's Story
Essie's Story is an excellent source of history and information on the women of the Mountain West, of whom Esther Burnett Horne shines brilliantly.

A great book about a great women.
A life history of the great-great granddaughter of Sacajewea who was Indian boarding school teacher.The stories were great and left me with the notion of how could this women accomplish so much in one lifetime.Amust read. ... Read more

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This study was a powerful breakthrough in a field of inquiryfraught with frustration and misunderstanding. During a period in whichscholars became aware of the inadequacies in the education of AmericanIndian children, this book, in its sensitive portrayal of the education processon the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, revealed to the nation some ofthe causes for this failure. Regarded as one of the best short studies in thefield, the book leaves readers with a variety of powerful messages concerningthe struggle between the factions of mixed and full bloods, the lack ofunderstanding of Indian culture among the teachers of Indian children, theterrible social distance between Indian parents and non-Indian teachers, thegeographic isolation and alienation of white teachers from the community, andthe total lack of relevance of a "white-oriented" curriculum for the Indianchildren. ... Read more

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Anthropological analysis
This book brings a theorectical analysis of the subject of american Indian education that is still fresh today.The problems associated with Indian education raised in this text are sadly still with us and much of thereason for that continuing problem can be found in the failure of theeducators, whose job it is to teach American Indian youth, to follow someof the suggestions contained in this text.On the down side, thestatistics in this text are dated and in need of revision.I would stilleven with that proviso recommend it heartily to any anthropologist oreducational theorist looking into problems associated with Indianeducational failure.Buy this book! ... Read more

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There's a better edition that's less expensive
What a great book - too bad the reproduction in this hardcover is not so good. Try Ranch Life and the Hunting Trail for an edition of this book with crisp illustrations, It's less than half the price brand new.

Great book, lousy edition
Having misplaced my earlier printing of this book (by the University of Nebraska Press) I ordered the Kessinger Publishing, LLC release of this title, only to be terribly disappointed.The Remington drawings are so poorly reproduced that some appear as blacked-out, scarcely discernable blobs, rather than the wonderful sketches they originally were.This printing appears to be a very poorly-reproduced copy of earlier ones, with much quality lost.Find a copy of the extremely attractive Nebraska (Bison) edition instead.

Vintage Teddy
From someone who has lived this life on the great plains from cowboy to hunter, this book is in every detail right on. It is written in Teddy's classic modest style (who else could float the Missouri during spring break up chasing criminals with guns and describe it with as much excitement as buttering toast).

It also is a repeat of some of his earlier works as this seems to be a bit of transitional book of when he was about leaving the Elkhorn for the east.
The Wilderness Hunter is more poetic and Hunting Trips of a Ranchman is a better read, but the history in this book of how Montana and the Dakotas were made safe by lynch justice makes this one interesting too.

The sketches by Remington are wonderfully historic to study and add a great deal to this book.
This book though is like all of Teddy's in settling down with a friend and always looking for his next book to find a campfire with him again.
Thank God Mr. Roosevelt wrote so many wonderful books.

TR's Writing At Its Finest!
"Ranch Life And The Hunting Trail" is Theodore Roosevelt's narrative of his life and experiences during his time in the Dakota Territory of the 1880s.Published in 1888, it displays Roosevelt's writing at this finest.His picture words make the scenes come alive in all their splendor.This is a TR I never knew existed.For anyone with a love of western adventure, this book is it!

Besides providing the sheer enjoyment of reading, this book actually teaches the reader much about the life and economy of the era.I had always heard about the open range and the roundup, but this book makes the concepts clear.Cattle and horses were left to feed on the open range.The herds were divided during the roundup, with the calves given the brands of their mothers, as the way to assert property rights in the cattle.The devastation of a severe winter cannot be imagined until you read an eyewitness account, and few are written as well as this.The challenges of the hunt and the unique characters of the West can be experienced vicariously through the pages of this book.

Frederic Remington's illustrations add visual images to the written word.

This book is an excellent choice for anyone with longing for the lure of the Old West or a window into the world of Theodore Roosevelt.

TR's Writing At Its Finest!
"Ranch Life And The Hunting Trail" is Theodore Roosevelt's narrative of his life and experiences during his time in the Dakota Territory of the 1880s.Published in 1888, it displays Roosevelt's writing at this finest.His picture words make the scenes come alive in all their splendor.This is a TR I never knew existed.For anyone with a love of western adventure, this book is it!

Besides providing the sheer enjoyment of reading, this book actually teaches the reader much about the life and economy of the era.I had always heard about the open range and the roundup, but this book makes the concepts clear.Cattle and horses were left to feed on the open range.The herds were divided during the roundup, with the calves given the brands of their mothers, as the way to assert property rights in the cattle.The devastation of a severe winter cannot be imagined until you read an eyewitness account, and few are written as well as this.The challenges of the hunt and the unique characters of the West can be experienced vicariously through the pages of this book.

Frederic Remington's illustrations add visual images to the written word.

This book is an excellent choice for anyone with longing for the lure of the Old West or a window into the world of Theodore Roosevelt. ... Read more

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'A skillfully written, welcome addition to the scholarship on American Indian experience in federal boarding schools. Professor Child brings an important and revealing corpus of materials into public view and treats those materials with understanding and sensitivity' - Tsianina Lomawaima, author of "They Called It Prairie Light: The Story of Chilocco Indian School". "Boarding School Seasons" offers a revealing look at the strong emotional history of Indian boarding school experiences in the first half of the twentieth century. At the heart of this book are the hundreds of letters written by parents, children, and school officials at Haskell Institute in Kansas and the Flandreau School in South Dakota. These revealing letters show how profoundly entire families were affected by their experiences. Children, who often attended schools at great distances from their communities, suffered from homesickness, and their parents from loneliness. Parents worried continually about the emotional and physical health and the academic progress of their children.Families clashed repeatedly with school officials over rampant illnesses and deplorable living conditions and devised strategies to circumvent severely limiting visitation rules. Family intimacy was threatened by the schools' suppression of traditional languages and Native cultural practices. Although boarding schools were a threat to family life, profound changes occurred in the boarding school experience as families turned to these institutions for relief during the Depression, when poverty and the loss of traditional seasonal economies proved a greater threat. "Boarding School Seasons" provides a multifaceted look at the aspirations and struggles of real people. Brenda J. Child, a Red Lake Ojibwe, is an assistant professor of American studies at the University of Minnesota. This is her first book. ... Read more

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Informative. Has something you've never heard of before
I picked up this book for my college class on the study of Native Americans from Civil War to present.Even though this is an educational biography on boarding school life, it is actually quite intriguing.Brenda Child completely covers the topic with very interesting material. I won't say that Boarding School Seasons is one of my favorites, but if you are interested in the topic of Indian boarding schools, then you will actually be suprised at how easy it is for this book to keep your attention.If you are viewing this book for a college course, then your class shouldn't be too hard.This is one of the few college required texts that I actually managed to enjoy

A Boarding School Primer
This short, easy to read book presents a basic overview of boarding school issues which occurred throughout the U.S. during the boarding school era.Brenda Child's book concentrates on the Red Lake Ojibwes who attendedboarding school at Flandreau specifically.The book also uses personalstories of students and their families in vignettes preserved throughletters sent to and from Flandreau. I found this book well-written,readable, and recommended as an overview of the boarding school era. ... Read more

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A biography of the Oglala chief who relentlessly resisted the white man's attempts to take over Indian lands. ... Read more