Francis La Flesche

What are the most important differences between these books in terms of how they represent American Indian education?

Representation of the Schooling of Native Children Francis La Flesche’s The Middle Five and Zitkala-Sa’s American Indian Stories both offer a representation of the schooling of Native children by White educators. Both are fictionalized narratives based on the authors’ own childhood memories. However, these representations also differ in important aspects, such as tone, narrative, and […]

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