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Tradition to Acculturation: a Case Study of the Impacts created by Chemawa Indian Boarding School upon the Nez Perce Family Structure from 1879 to 1945 As a member of the Nez Perce Tribe, I have developed an interest in education of Native Americans and in particular those students who attended Chemawa Indian Government Boarding School from 1879 to 1940. For many centuries, the Nez Perce have played an integral role in the history of the American Indian Columbia River plateau people, as well as, in the history of the United States. As Manifest Destiny spread across the western frontier, there was a tremendous amount of pressure to adapt to a new white culture and to become a part of mainstream society, although the Nez Perce maintained their relatively nomadic and traditional lifestyle. As time progressed, the United States government realized the tribes were not going to fully relinquish this traditional way of life. As a result, the government developed a policy recognizing the only way to fully convert the American Indian children into mainstream society was to remove them from parental control for a period of time in order to educate and assimilate them in the white mainstream culture. Although complete assimilation would never fully be realized while the children remained in their family homes. The United States developed an educational policy to remove the children from the reservation and place them in off-reservation government boarding schools. One such government off-reservation boarding school was Forest Grove Indian Boarding School, originally located in Forest Grove, Oregon, until a fire forced the relocation of the school to its present day site in Chemawa, Oregon. The new school then became known as Chemawa Indian Boarding School. Although the Nez Perce Reservation is located approximately 401 miles from Chemawa, the children were removed from the reservation, often by force, and sent to Chemawa via train. Once at the school, the children's long braided hair was cut, their traditional clothing ...

"Arthur Taylor is New Zealand's best known, most influential, and colourful career criminal. A household name, he was paroled from prison in 2019 after more than 38 years years behind bars. His life story is nothing short of remarkable. He has more than 150 convictions ranging from bank robberies to fraud, theft, escaping, and having weapons and explosives. He has served in New Zealand's most notorious high security prison, Auckland Prison at Paremoremo, including eight months in solitary confinement. But Arthur isn't what most people might expect. Now in his sixties and living in Dunedin, Arthur is an engaging, highly intelligent man who studied law behind bars and took on precedent-setting cases against Corrections and the Crown, cementing himself as one of the foremost authorities on prisoners' rights. He has become, perhaps, a poster child for redemption and rehabilitation. He is now an advocate for prisoners, and a bloody good storyteller. During his time in prison, Arthur masterminded two particularly audacious prison escapes including a weeks-long caper where he and three others holed up at a millionaire's mansion. He has shared cells with some of the country's most feared killers (readers will come across high profile inmates such as William Bell, Liam Reid, Scott Watson, Leslie Maurice Green and Graeme Burton) and is responsible for one of the country's most bizarre behind-bars weddings. His stories of prison life are entertaining, gripping; sometimes horrifying. This book is the story of Arthur Taylor's life, and a potted history of the prison system, particularly prisoners' rights, in New Zealand, including the work put into ensuring prisoners were given the right to vote. It details Arthur's mistakes, his triumphs, and how he outsmarted prison guards - screws - Corrections, and other officials, time and again. It's a warts-and-all look at prison life, and a no-apologies insight into how the prison system can change you for the better, or the worse, told in Arthur's own distinctive voice