"Boarding School Blues"
"Boarding School Blues"
Revisiting the American Indian Boarding School Experience
November 22 & 23, 2002
Sherman Indian High School Auditorium
9010 Magnolia Avenue, Riverside, California
Dedication at Cemetery – Friday Afternoon
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| Students of Perris Indian School 1905, courtesy of the
Costo Collection. |
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Participants
David Adams, Margaret Archuleta, Joe Benitez, Nanette
Cadilli, Nikole Dixon, Patricia Dixon, Clyde Ellis, Jacqueline
Fear-Segal, Nicole Garcia, Margaret Jacobs, Lisa Jefferson,
Jean Keller, Rebecca Kugel, Barbara Landis, Leleua Loupe,
Joel Martin, Bonnie McJennett, Leroy Miranda, Katrina Paxton,
Michelle Raheja, Tanya Rathbun, Scott Riney, Margaret Connell-Szasz,
Lori Sisquoc, Ernest Siva, Jeffrey Smith, Clifford Trafzer,
Gloria Wright.
A Symposium Sponsored by: University of California Humanities
Research Institute, Sherman Indian High School & Museum,
Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians, Pechanga Band of Luiseño
Indians, Pauma Band of Mission Indians, History & American
Indian Studies, UC Riverside, James Ramos & Family
Friday, November 22, 2002, Sherman
Auditorium
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| 1:00pm |
Opening, Clifford E. Trafzer, University
of California, Riverside |
| 1:30-2:30 |
Scholar’s Panel, Rebecca Kugel, University of
California, Riverside |
| 2:30-3:30 |
Student’s Panel, Leroy Miranda, Joe Benitez, Nikole
Dixon, Nicole Garcia, Lisa Jefferson |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Contemporary Student Research, Michelle Raheja, University
of California, Riverside: Nanette Cadilli, Leleua Loupe,
Bonnie McJennett, Katrina Paxton, Tanya Rathbun, Jeffrey
Smith |
| 4:30-5:30 |
Remembering Former Students of Sherman Institute, Cemetery
Gathering
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Saturday, November 23, 2002, Sherman
Auditorium
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| 8:00-8:30am |
Morning Coffee with Music by Ernest Siva |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcome, Clifford E. Trafzer, University of California,
Riverside |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Margaret Connell-Szasz, University of New Mexico, “Viewing
the Boarding School Through a Wide Angle Lens: Comparative
History in Indian Education” |
| 9:30-10:00 |
David Adams, Cleveland State University, “Blues
Lite: The Brighter Side of the Boarding School Experience,
1880-1940” |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Margaret Jacobs, New Mexico State University, “Stealing
Children: Indigenous Children and Assimilation Policies
in the U.S. and Australia, 1880-1940” |
| 10:30-11:00 |
Scott Riney, “Not Quite an Ordinary School: The
Rapid City Indian School in the 1920s” |
| 11:00-11:30 |
Jean Keller, Palomar College, “Healing Touch:
The Nursing Program at Sherman Institute” |
| 11:30-1:00pm |
Lunch at Sherman Indian School, California Indian Bird
Songs and Apache Dancers |
| 1:00-1:30 |
Clyde Ellis, Elon College, “We Had a Lot of Fun,
But of Course, That Wasn’t the School Part: Life
at the Rainey Mountain Boarding School, 1890-1920” |
| 1:30-2:00 |
Barbara Landis, “Putting Lucy Pretty Eagle to
Rest” |
| 2:00-2:30 |
Jacqueline Fear-Segal, University of East Anglia, “What
can the Man-on-the-band-stand tell us about the children’s
experiences at Carlisle Indian School?” |
| 2:30-3:00 |
Margaret Archuleta, Dartmouth College, “In Our
Own Voices: Native Communities’ Involvement in the
Exhibition Development of REMEMBERING OUR INDIAN SCHOOL
DAYS” |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Joel Martin, University of California, Riverside, “Brainerd
Revisited” |
| 3:30-4:00 |
Patti Dixon, Palomar College and President of the Board
of Education of Sherman Indian High School, “The
Place of Contemporary Indian Boarding Schools” |
| 4:00-5:00 |
Visit Sherman Indian Museum/Sherman Indian High School
Photo Exhibit |
| 5:00pm |
Concluding Ceremony, Flag Pole |
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