From 1947 to 2000; some 50;000 Native American children left the reservations to live with Mormon foster families. While some dropped out of the Indian Student Placement Program (ISPP); for others the months spent living with LDS families often proved more penetrating than expected. The ISPP emerged in the mid-twentieth century; championed by Apostle Spencer W. Kimball; aligned with the then national preferences to terminate tribal entities and assimilate indigenous people. But as the paradigm shifted to self-determination; critics labeled the program as crudely assimilationist. Some ISPP students like Navajo George P. Lee fiercely defended the LDS Church before native peers and Congress; contending that it empowered Native people and instilled the true Indian identity; meanwhile Red Power activists organized protests in Salt Lake City; denouncing LDS colonization. As a new generation of church leaders quietly undercut the Indian programs; many of its former participants felt a sense of confusion and abandonment as Mormon distinctions for Native people faded in the late twentieth century. Making Lamanites traces this student experience within contested cultural and institutional landscapes to reveal how and why many of these Native youth adopted a new notion of Indianness.
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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Scholarly workBy gade04Collection of essays about Indians in the southeastern United States from contact to removal.9 of 11 people found the following review helpful. A wide-ranging selection of contemporary essaysBy Midwest Book ReviewThe Transformation Of The Southeastern Indians 1540-1760 edited by Robbie Ethridge (Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Southern Studies; University of Mississippi) and Charles Hudson (Franklin Professor of Anthropology and History; University of Georgia) is an impressive and wide-ranging selection of contemporary essays presenting and showcasing the latest discoveries and interpretations of how the Native Americans of the Southeast once lived; and their interactions with settlers prior to the establishment of The United States of America. A scholarly; seminal text featuring work by a diverse collection of learned authors; The Transformation Of The Southeastern Indians 1540-1760 is a welcome and strongly recommended addition to Native American Studies supplemental reading lists and academic reference collections.
