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The Yale Indian: The Education of Henry Roe Cloud

The Yale Indian: The Education of Henry Roe Cloud

Pfister, Joel

Paperback

Series: New Americanists

Biographies GeneralNative American HistoryGeneral Education

ISBN10: 0822344211
ISBN13: 9780822344216
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Published: Jun 12 2009
Pages: 280
Weight: 0.90
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
Honored in his own time as one of the most prominent Indian public intellectuals, Henry Roe Cloud (c. 1884-1950) fought to open higher education to Indians. Joel Pfister's extensive archival research establishes the historical significance of key chapters in the Winnebago's remarkable life. Roe Cloud was the first Indian to receive undergraduate and graduate degrees from Yale University, where he was elected to the prestigious and intellectual Elihu Club. Pfister compares Roe Cloud's experience to that of other college Indians and also to African Americans such as W. E. B. Du Bois. Roe Cloud helped launch the Society of American Indians, graduated from Auburn seminary, founded a preparatory school for Indians, and served as the first Indian superintendent of the Haskell Institute (forerunner of Haskell Indian Nations University). He also worked under John Collier at the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where he was a catalyst for the Indian New Deal.

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