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Returning home : Diné creative works from the Intermountain Indian School / Farina King, Michael P. Taylor, and James R. Swensen ; with contributions by Robert Dodson, Rena Dunn, Terence Wride, and students of the Intermountain Indian School.

King, Farina (author.). Taylor, Michael P., 1985- (author.). Swensen, James R., 1973- (author.).

Summary:

"Returning Home features and contextualizes the creative works of Diné (Navajo) boarding school students at the Intermountain Indian School, which was the largest federal Indian boarding school between 1950 and 1984. Diné student art and poetry reveal ways that boarding school students sustained and contributed to Indigenous cultures and communities despite assimilationist agendas and pressures"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

ISBN: 9780816540921 (softcover)
Physical Description: xv, 439 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Publisher: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the exhibit, Returning Home: The Art and Poetry of Intermountain Indian School, 1954-1984.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Foreword by Rena Dunn -- Preface by Robert Dodson -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "Ná'áchą́ą́h háshíí' gíízh," or "Art Pulled Me Out": Intermountain Student Journeys Home Through Creative Expressions -- 1. Writing in Beauty: A History of Intermountain's Language Arts Program -- 2. Exploratory Experiences: A History of Intermountain's Visual Arts Program -- 3. Diné Bikéyah, or People's Sacred Lands -- 4. Family: K'é, or Kinship -- 5. School: Dził yá 'ǫłta', or "School in the Mountain" -- Color Gallery -- Global Awareness: Bíla'ashla'ii Diné, or "Beings with Five Fingers" -- Conclusion: Finding a Way -- Appendix: A Student's Voice-Learning from Diné Students of the Past by Terence Wride.
Language Note:	Foreword also in Navajo.