"Best known as a leader of the Indian takeover of Alcatraz Island in 1969, Adam Fortunate Eagle now offers an unforgettable memoir of his years as a young student at Pipestone Indian Boarding School in Minnesota. Fortunate Eagle attended Pipestone between 1935 and 1945, just as Commissioner of Indian Affairs John Collier's pluralist vision was reshaping the federal boarding school system to promote greater respect for Native cultures and traditions. Telling this story in the voice of his younger self, the author takes us on a journey into his childhood and the inner world of the boarding school. Along the way, he shares anecdotes of dormitory culture, student pranks, and warrior games, along with escaping some family dysfunction." In this rare firsthand account, Fortunate Eagle lives up to his reputation as a "contrary warrior" by giving another view of Indian boarding schools.
**This book would be excellent to pair with another text of boarding school narratives to provide multiple and differing experiences**.
B&N.com
