Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, 1851-1909University of Illinois Press, 1997 M01 15 - 240 pages Recipient of a 1995 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association Established by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in present-day eastern Oklahoma, the nondenominaional Cherokee Female Seminary was one of the most important schools in the history of American Indian education. Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy. " An] important work. . . . It tells the fascinating and occasionally poignant story of the Cherokee Female Seminary, which enrolled its first class of 'Rosebuds, ' as the seminarians called themselves, in 1851." --Choice "I recommend it to any serious student of the Cherokee people." -- Robert J. Conley, author of Mountain Windsong "Of the many books about Cherokee history, few deal with the issue of acculturation in the post-removal period and none so effectively as Devon Mihesuah's Cultivating the Rosebuds." -- Nancy Shoemaker, Western Historical Quarterly "Required reading for anyone remotely interested in the history of Native American education." -- David W. Adams, History of Education Quarterly |
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... Society , Tahlequah , Oklahoma ; Mary Lee Boyle , William D. Welge , Robert P. Nespar , Kay Zahrai , and Judith Michener of the Oklahoma Historical Society , Oklahoma City ; and Kent Carter and Margaret Hacker of the Fort Worth Branch ...
... Society , Tahlequah , Oklahoma ; Mary Lee Boyle , William D. Welge , Robert P. Nespar , Kay Zahrai , and Judith Michener of the Oklahoma Historical Society , Oklahoma City ; and Kent Carter and Margaret Hacker of the Fort Worth Branch ...
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... society at the expense of losing their traditional Cherokee culture . Mixed - bloods , on the other hand , were not always wealthy , educated , or progressive . Many were quite poor or illiterate ; some knew more about Cherokee culture ...
... society at the expense of losing their traditional Cherokee culture . Mixed - bloods , on the other hand , were not always wealthy , educated , or progressive . Many were quite poor or illiterate ; some knew more about Cherokee culture ...
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... society's white women , and many seminary students subscribed to the same value system as whites even before they enrolled . One question this book will explore is whether or not the alumnae of the seminary could realistically aspire to ...
... society's white women , and many seminary students subscribed to the same value system as whites even before they enrolled . One question this book will explore is whether or not the alumnae of the seminary could realistically aspire to ...
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... society , the students from traditional backgrounds who had decided to try to graduate from the seminary were confused about how they- with their " Indian " appearance - would fit into the white society ( or the progressive Cherokee society ) ...
... society , the students from traditional backgrounds who had decided to try to graduate from the seminary were confused about how they- with their " Indian " appearance - would fit into the white society ( or the progressive Cherokee society ) ...
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... societies and in response to warfare , disease , genocide , forced relocation , and loss of land — all of which caused severe emo- tional stress . Movies and literature more often than not convey a ste- reotypical image of Indian people ...
... societies and in response to warfare , disease , genocide , forced relocation , and loss of land — all of which caused severe emo- tional stress . Movies and literature more often than not convey a ste- reotypical image of Indian people ...
Contents
Foundations | 7 |
Establishing the Seminary | 18 |
The Early Years 185176 | 29 |
Teachers Curriculum and Administration 18761909 | 51 |
Life at the Seminary 18761909 | 72 |
Medicine for the Rosebuds Health Care at the Seminary | 85 |
Farewell to the Seminary Graduates and Former Students | 95 |
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1st sess 2d sess acculturated Adair American Indian ARCIA Arkansas August Board Boudinot Bushyhead Butler C. T. Foreman Cher Cherokee Advocate Cherokee blood Cherokee Female Seminary Cherokee Indians Cherokee Nation Cherokee Rose Buds Cherokee Schools Cherokee women Chief John Ross Chronicles of Oklahoma CLAIT Cong Coppock to Benedict Dawes Roll December Elias Boudinot enrolled Exec federal Five Civilized Tribes Florence Wilson fullbloods girls graduated high schools ibid Indian Territory interview John Vaughan Library Journal July June L. G. Bowers L. L. Coll LGB Coll Mary Mayes McLoughlin Medical Superintendent Mission missionaries mixed-bloods Mount Holyoke College National Council Norman Northeastern State Normal Northeastern State University November October okee Okla Oklahoma Press Park Hill Principal Chief seminarians seminary alumnae seminary students seminary's September serial Starr Tahlequah teachers traditional Cherokee treaty tribal University of Oklahoma William Potter Ross Worcester Wreath of Cherokee