{"product_id":"pipestone-my-life-in-an-indian-boarding-school-9780806141145","title":"Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA renowned activist recalls his childhood years in an Indian boarding school\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBest known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate Eagle lives up to his reputation as a \"contrary warrior\" by disproving the popular view of Indian boarding schools as bleak and prisonlike.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist vision was reshaping the federal boarding school system to promote greater respect for Native cultures and traditions. But this book is hardly a dry history of the late boarding school era. Telling this story in the voice of his younger self, the author takes us on a delightful journey into his childhood and the inner world of the boarding school. Along the way, he shares anecdotes of dormitory culture, student pranks, and warrior games. Although Fortunate Eagle recognizes Pipestone's shortcomings, he describes his time there as nothing less than \"a little bit of heaven.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWere all Indian boarding schools the dispiriting places that history has suggested? This book allows readers to decide for themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/19\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806141145\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.61lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.67h x 6.83w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e American Indian Youth Literature Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010 pg. 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2010 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2010 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e149948 \/ Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.2 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Upper Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Adam Fortunate Eagle","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36643968745628,"sku":"9780806141145","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_d50043ab-36d0-48d8-af4d-d47514343849.jpg?v=1603857642","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pipestone-my-life-in-an-indian-boarding-school-9780806141145","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}