INDIANS ARE PEOPLE, TOO BY RUTH MUSKRAT BRONSON (1944, SOFTCOVER)- FREE SHIPPING

Description: (From the book) RUTH MUSKRAT BRONSON is a native of Oklahoma. Her father is a Cherokee Indian who was born in those tragic times when the "Trail of Tears" was a vivid and recent memory. After completing work in the public schools of her state, she attended the University of Kansas, where she had an opportunity to serve as student counselor at the Methodist Home for Indian Girls at Lawrence. Later she was graduated from Mt. Holyoke College and did graduate study at George Washington University in Washington, D. C. In 1922 she was sent as a delegate representing the Indian students in the United States to the World's Student Christian Federation Conference in Peking, China. In 1925 she entered the service of the Office of Indian Affairs of the Department of the Interior of the United States. She was first a teacher of English at Haskell Institute in Lawrence, Kansas, and then was assigned to do guidance and placement work for the Indian Service, with headquarters in Kansas City, Missouri. In 1931 she became Guidance Officer for the entire Indian service, a position she held for more than twelve years. During this period her responsibilities were administering an educational student loan fund for Indian students, counseling Indian students in institutions of higher learning, and establishing contacts with organizations interested in giving scholarships to Indian students. In 1928 she was married to John F. Bronson of Beacon, Balls, Connecticut. Her home today is in Washington, Cover design by MARY SULLY CONTENTS:Wards in the homelandOur mother, the landStrong is the Indian spiritGrowing up in two worldsWho shall lead the people?The outlook for the futureCONDITION: ACCEPTABLE

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