Acting Out Assimilation.

BOARDING schools; PROCESSIONS; ASSIMILATION (Sociology); EDUCATION of Native Americans; SOCIAL conditions of Native Americans; MANNERS & customs; NINETEENTH century

UNITED States; ARIZONA

The article looks at how public performances, such as parades, were used as part of assimilative efforts of U.S. federal Indian boarding schools between 1880 and 1930. Particular attention is given to the schools in Albuquerque and Santa Fe, New Mexico while also exploring Indian education within the larger scope of assimilation and Americans relationships with Native Americans.