Vanished in Hiawatha: The Story of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians - Hardcover
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803280984ISBN-10:080328098XUPC:9780803280984Book Category:History, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, United States, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.29 x 6.12 x 1.33 inchesWeight:1.7108Product ID:SCCQY12QSD
Vanished in Hiawatha: The Story of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians
Begun as a pork-barrel project by the federal government in the early 1900s, the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians quickly became a dumping ground for inconvenient Indians. The federal institution in Canton, South Dakota, deprived many Native patients of their freedom without genuine cause, often requiring only the signature of a reservation agent. Only nine Native patients in the asylum's history...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Bison BooksISBN-13:9780803280984ISBN-10:080328098XUPC:9780803280984Book Category:History, PsychologyBook Subcategory:Indigenous Peoples in the Americas, United States, HistoryBook Topic:State & LocalSize:9.29 x 6.12 x 1.33 inchesWeight:1.7108Product ID:SCCQY12QSD
Carla Joinson is a freelance writer who lives near Johnson City, Tennessee. She is the author of A Diamond in the Dust and Civil War Doctor: The Story of Mary Walker, a selection of the 2008 Amelia Bloomer Project from the American Library Association.
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