Cathy Boerner Assessment 3 December 1, 2009 Indian Removal Exhibit

ro!" #hesis #he Chero$ee Indians can be characteri%ed by loo$in& at their c!lt!re "ertainin& to 'amily and s"irit!ality, their event!al assimilation by (hite society, their 'inal 'orced removal d!rin& the #rail o' #ears, and by loo$in& at the Chero$ee and their lives today) *e believe that loo$in& at these as"ects (ill brin& c!rrent society to a better !nderstandin& o' this "artic!lar native "eo"le) +ersonal Abstract #he com"leted m!se!m exhibit my &ro!" "ro"oses (ill trace the develo"ment o' the Chero$ee Indians thro!&ho!t history) Each o' !s are res"onsible 'or o!r o(n "ortion o' the exhibit) *hile disc!ssin& the initial &oal o' my "ortion o' this "ro"osal, Assimilation, I (ill incl!de the reso!rces I 'o!nd s!""ortin& my 'ield o' research) #hese reso!rces incl!de both "rimary and secondary so!rces) I (ill brie'ly ex"lain ho( I "roceeded 'rom one so!rce to the next as I develo"ed the basis o' my "ortion o' the exhibit) ,or my chosen as"ect I am "ro"osin& a re"lica o' an Indian boardin& school in the early 1--0.s) In the 'ollo(in& s!mmary, I (ill ex"lain my reason and method o' choosin& this settin&) Disc!ssion/0!mmary o' Boardin& 0chool 1ayo!t 2y initial readin&s on 3enry 4nox.s "ro"osal to civili%e 5ative

Americans in "re"aration 'or American citi%enshi" is (hat led to my interest in the c!lt!ral assimilation o' the Chero$ee "eo"le) 6America: A Concise History, Ch)11, 3enretta, 20107 America as (ell Indian Removal 63eidler7 covers the basis o' my $no(led&e o' Chero$ee history) 2y initial research 'oc!sed on learnin& more abo!t the broad as"ect o' assimilation) A'ter readin& over my library reso!rces and doin& vario!s internet searches, I be&an to &ain more in'ormation on the im"lications o' assimilation) 0ome o' these searches "rovided 8!ality material (ith an !nbiased "ers"ective that (as 'act based) Amon& these, the +B0 and 9an!s (ebsites "roved most val!able to my research) #hey &ive detailed acco!nts o' the lives and events o' the Chero$ee assimilation) 0ites I came across b!t did not cite (ere in'ormative b!t seemin&ly biased) #hese (ere "rimarily blo&s (ritten by individ!als (ritin& (ith in'lections o' "ersonal :!d&ement) 0o!rces s!ch as these are very "ers!asive b!t 'or the "!r"ose o' this exhibit, lac$ a m!lti; 'aceted "ers"ective) #his led to my next ste", (hich (as to 'ind some s"eci'ic doc!mentation) *hen I came across a (ebsite that mentioned boardin& schools, my tho!&hts be&an to narro( in and I (anted to 'ind more on this s!b:ect) I discovered several (ebsites devoted to the Carlisle Indian #rainin& 0chool, the 'irst boardin& school created (ith the "!r"ose o' Indian assimilation) I contin!ed to search 'or more doc!mentation on the Carlisle school) Amon& the so!rces I 'o!nd, some (ere very hel"'!l by incl!din& archival "hoto&ra"hs o' the boardin& school as (ell as o' the children)

2ainly, Carolyn 2arr.s essay titled <Assimilation thro!&h Ed!cation= Indian Boardin& 0chools in the +aci'ic 5orth(est< "rovided me (ith a concise history o' the boardin& schools) +B0)or& o''ers several video cli"s on Chero$ee history, incl!din& one abo!t Indian Assimilation thro!&h boardin& schools) *hen I searched 'or c!rrent Indian exhibits, i' any, (hich incl!ded the history o' this boardin& school and others, I obtained very little "roo' o' a c!rrent exhibit that 'oc!sed on this as"ect o' Indian history) By no( it (as clear (hat I (anted to create 'or my "ortion o' the Chero$ee 2!se!m Exhibit) I envisioned an interactive boardin& school ex"erience (here a "ortion o' o!r 'loor layo!t (o!ld be b!ilt to closely model a classroom) It (o!ld incor"orate all the thin&s the Chero$ee Indians (ere ex"ected to learn abo!t the ma:ority c!lt!re and all the c!stoms they (ere re8!ired to abandon) It is im"ortant to note that the boardin& schools o' the late 1-00s, incl!din& the Carlisle 0chool, (ere not excl!sive to a "artic!lar tribe, s!ch as the Chero$ee) 3o(ever, (hen I 'o!nd in my reso!rces an act!al enrollment doc!ment that tallied the amo!nt o' children 'rom each tribe, I 'o!nd a s!bstantial "ercenta&e to be Chero$ee) #o $ee" (ith my &ro!"s theme and to create a more intimate a(areness o' the boardin& school str!ct!re, my exhibit model (ill 'ollo( more closely the li'e o' the Chero$ee child) Altho!&h it.s a s"eci'ic 'acet, I believe my model (ill thoro!&hly re"resent in a concentrated 'ashion the "rocess o' assimilation into the ma:ority c!lt!re o' 5orth America) #hro!&h my contrib!tion combined (ith

each member o' my &ro!".s se&ment o' o!r "ro"osal, o!r mission is 'or o!r a!dience to learn and to leave (ith an enriched "ers"ective o' the Chero$ee Indians and their str!&&les thro!&h time)

+rimary 0o!rces htt"=//((():an!s)!md)ed!/2ay2001/1yman/01)html Brie' 3istory o' Chero$ee 0chools 1-0>;19?@, D!+ree, #) 9) htt"=//((()eric)ed)&ov=-0/ERIC*eb+ortal/c!stom/"ortlets/recordDetails/detail mini):s"A Bn'"bCtr!eDBDERICExt0earchB0earchEal!eB0CED12?0F1DERICExt0earchB0e arch#y"eB0CnoDaccnoCED12?0F1 Co!ntries and #heir C!lt!res= Acc!lt!ration and Assimilation htt"=//((()everyc!lt!re)com/m!lti/B!;Dr/Chero$ees)html 3istory o' the Assimilation E''ort by chero$eeG*H1,E)net htt"=//((()hart'ord;h(")com/archives/>1/3F@)html +B0= Indian Co!ntry Diaries htt"=//((()"bs)or&/indianco!ntry/history/boardin&)html Indian Boardin& 0chools= video cli" Interactive 2a"= Boardin& 0chools htt"=//((()"bs)or&/indianco!ntry/history/interactiveBma")html Assimilation thro!&h Ed!cation= Indian Boardin& 0chools in the +aci'ic

5orth(est by Carolyn 2arr htt"=//((()en&lish)illinois)ed!/ma"s/"oets/aB'/erdrich/boardin&/marr)htm htt"=//home)e"ix)net/Ilandis/histry)html 0tandin& Bear 6amon& the 'irst (ave o' st!dents to travel to Carlisle7 htt"=//home)e"ix)net/Ilandis/standin&bear)html Carlisle Indian Ind!strial 0chool #ribal Enrollment #ally 6Chero$ee, 3?07 htt"=//home)e"ix)net/Ilandis/tally)html 1in$s to Carlisle Indian 0chool "hoto&ra"hs/art(or$ htt"=//home)e"ix)net/Ilandis/"hoto)html +hoto&ra"hs o' Carlisle b!ildin& htt"=//home)e"ix)net/Ilandis/to!r)html 1ayo!t o' Carlisle b!ildin& htt"=//((()!ea)ac)!$/I"->2/remainin&bld&s)htm 2!se!m Reso!rces 'or Boardin& 0chool Exhibit= htt"=//((()chero$eem!se!m)or&/ htt"=//((()chero$eeherita&etrails)or&/m!r"hyB"laces)html 0econdary 0o!rces Adams, David *allace) Ed!cation 'or Extinction= American Indians and the Boardin& 0chool Ex"erience 1-?F;192-) 1a(rence= Jniversity +ress o' 4ansas) 199F) Bell, enevieve) #ellin& 0tories H!t o' 0chool= Rememberin& #he Carlisle Indian Ind!strial 0chool, 1-?9; 191-) Coleman, 2ichael C) American Indian Children at 0chool, 1-F0;1930) 2ississi""i= Jniversity +ress o' 2ississi""i) 1993) Eastern Band Chero$ee *omen= C!lt!ral +ersistence in their 1etters and 0"eeches) By Eir&inia 2oore Carney) 64noxville= Jniversity o' #ennessee +ress, 200F) 0o!rces 'or Eideo 2onta&e= htt"=//beinec$e)library)yale)ed!/dlBcrosscollex/0earchExecKC)as"

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