Family and nation: Cherokee orphan care, 1835--1903
by Reed, Julie, M.A., THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL, 2008, 47 pages; 1454461

Abstract:

In 1872, the Cherokee Nation established its Orphan Asylum as a means to provide support and education to its orphaned children. The Asylum, like hundreds across the United States, provided a modern means to care for orphan children, but unlike other institutions in Indian Territory or the United States, the Cherokees controlled all facets of the institution. The Asylum combined English education, manual labor, and a home to hundreds of Cherokee children. As the Cherokee Nation faced threats from white settlement, federal proposals to make Indian Territory a United States Territory, railroad companies, and allotment, the Orphan Asylum emerged as a symbol of the Cherokees' sovereign status and aided the transmission of traditional values rooted in community and family to its next generation.
 
AdviserTheda Perdue
SchoolTHE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL
SourceMAI/ 47-01, p. , Oct 2008
Source TypeThesis
SubjectsAmerican history; Native American studies
Publication Number1454461
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