 | To Show What an Indian Can Do: Sports at Native American Boarding Schools Subjects: Indians of North America -- Sports; Indians of North America -- Education; Sports -- United States -- History; Off-reservation boarding schools -- Unites States -- History; Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History; United States -- Race relati; To Show What an Indian Can Do explores the history of sports programs at Native American boarding schools and, drawing on the recollections of former students, describes the importance of competitive sport in their lives. John Bloom focuses on the students who did not typically go on to greater athletic glory but who found in sports something otherwise denied them at boarding school: a sense of community, accomplishment, and dignity. |
