Nanticoke School Children

Item

Type
Photograph
Title
Nanticoke School Children
Rationale
Images of Indigenous schoolchildren at Indian Schools prompt discussions about the way those schools aimed to assimilate Indigenous children into the dominant White culture.
Description
A group portrait of about a dozen Indigenous schoolchildren at the Nanticoke Indian School. They are standing in front of two small trees. The picture was taken in Sussex County, Delaware. Like African American children, Native American children often attended segregated schools, which tried to force them to adopt Euro-American values and lifestyles.
Date
1914
1910s
Place
Cheswold, Sussex County, Delaware
Subject
School
Nanticoke
Creator
Speck, Frank G. (Frank Gouldsmith), 1881-1950
Extent
Physical dimensions: undetermined
Digital dimensions: 480 x 377px
Medium
Negative photographic
Publisher
National Museum of the American Indian
Rights
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