Description:
Explores how and why many Native youths in the Indian Student Placement Program adopted a new notion of identity
Review Quotes:
"Matthew Garrett's Making Lamanites is the most complete study of the fraught relationship between Mormons and Native Americans during the twentieth century. It also contributes to postcolonial scholarship that locates colonial subjects in the fields of their own imaginations--and not just those of the colonizers who exploited and/or transformed their labor, bodies, and souls."--The Journal of American History
"An impressive volume with extensive footnotes, a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliography, and a valuable index. It contains an in-depth discussion, analysis, and detailed history of a program that included fifty thousand students and became something of a household topic for several earlier decades."--The Journal of Arizona History "An outstanding contribution."--Laurie Maffly-Kipp, Archer Alexander Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics, Washington University "Using historical themes of colonization, assimilation, and identity, Matthew Garrett presents an extraordinary revelation of indigenous resilience among 50,000 native students during the second half of the twentieth century. He argues convincingly for the survival of Indian identity as youth, becoming Lamanites, spent the formative years of their lives in the Indian Student Placement Program. This brilliant exposé advances our understanding of Indian-white relations, and it is truly an award-winning book!"--Donald L. Fixico (Shawnee, Sac & Fox, Mvskoke Creek and Seminole), Distinguished Foundation Professor of History, Arizona State University