CONTENTS:

Part One: "A uniform course of study": Life at school -- "They gave us a number": Arrival -- "Making a willing worker": Academic and vocational instruction -- "Don't you suppose it's best for him to come home?": Health and homesickness -- "We shared a brotherhood": Connections to family and home -- "I was gonna rebel come hell or high water": Rebellion.

Part Two: "The honest facts concerning my race": Life beyond school -- "By the waters of the Minnehaha": Music and dance, pageants and princesses -- "The Indian is an artist": Art education -- "Show what an Indian can do": Sports -- "A nucleus of civilization": Families at Hampton Institute.