{"product_id":"native-students-at-work-american-indian-labor-and-sherman-institutes-outing-program-1900-1945-paperback","title":"Native Students at Work: American Indian Labor and Sherman Institute's Outing Program, 1900-1945 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Whalen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMatthew Sakiestewa Gilbert\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eNative Students at Work\u003c\/i\u003e tells the stories of Native people from around the American Southwest who participated in labor programs at Sherman Institute, a federal Indian boarding school in Riverside, California. The school placed young Native men and women in and around Los Angeles as domestic workers, farmhands, and factory laborers. For the first time, historian Kevin Whalen reveals the challenges these students faced as they left their homes for boarding schools and then endured an \"outing program\" that aimed to strip them of their identities and cultures by sending them to live and work among non-Native people. Tracing their journeys, Whalen shows how male students faced low pay and grueling conditions on industrial farms near the edge of the city, yet still made more money than they could near their reservations. Similarly, many young women serving as domestic workers in Los Angeles made the best of their situations by tapping into the city's Indigenous social networks and even enrolling in its public schools. As Whalen reveals, despite cruel working conditions, Native people used the outing program to their advantage whenever they could, forming urban indigenous communities and sharing money and knowledge gained in the city with those back home.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA mostly overlooked chapter in Native American and labor histories, \u003ci\u003eNative Students at Work\u003c\/i\u003e deepens our understanding of the boarding school experience and sheds further light on Native American participation in the workforce.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eKevin Whalen\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of history at the University of Minnesota, Morris.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 18, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51752526545184,"sku":"9780295744285","price":51.3,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/1dfd0499b24c31f10d95d59dfb109dab.webp?v=1779998125","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/native-students-at-work-american-indian-labor-and-sherman-institutes-outing-program-1900-1945-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}