Changed Forever

Arnold Krupat is Professor Emeritus, Sarah Lawrence College and the author of many books, including Changed Forever, Volume 1: American Indian Boarding-School Literature and "That the People Might Live": Loss and Renewal in Native American Elegy.

• List of IllustrationsIntroductionPart I: Dakota Boarding-School Autobiographies 1. Charles Eastman's From the Deep Woods to Civilization2. Luther Standing Bear's My People, the Sioux3. Zitkala-Sa's "Impressions of an Indian Childhood," "The School Days of an Indian Girl," and "An Indian Teacher among Indians"4. Walter Littlemoon's They Called Me Uncivilized, Tim Giago's The Children Left Behind, Lydia Whirlwind Soldier's "Memories," and Mary Crow Dog's Lakota WomanPart II: Ojibwe Boarding-School Autobiographies 5. John Rogers's Red World and White6. George Morrison's Turning the Feather Around7. Peter Razor's While the Locust Slept8. Adam Fortunate Eagle's Pipestone: My Life in an Indian Boarding School, Dennis Banks's "Yellow Bus," and Jim Northrup's "FAMILIES—Nindanawemaaganag"9. Edna Manitowabi's "An Ojibwa Girl in the City"Part III: A Range of Boarding-School Autobiographies 10. Thomas Wildcat Alford's Civilization11. Joe Blackbear's Jim Whitewolf: The Life of a Kiowa Apache Indian, and Carl Sweezy's The Arapaho Way: Memoir of an Indian Boyhood12. Ah-nen-la-de-ni's "An Indian Boy's Story"13. Esther Burnett Horne's Essie's Story14. Viola Martinez, California Paiute: Living in Two Worlds15. Reuben Snake's Your Humble SerpentAppendix A: A Letter from Thomas Wildcat Alford, a Returned Student Formerly at Hampton InstituteAppendix B: Indian Boarding-School Students Mentioned in This Study, Vols. 1 and 2NotesWorks CitedIndex

"…Krupat's Changed Forever has established a place of significance in any collection that seeks to explore knowledge, reconciliation, and the stories of boarding school histories." — Western American Literature"Krupat's volumes, almost needless to say, constitute a vital contribution to resuscitating 'the thousands of Indian voices who spoke the breath of boarding-school life.'" — American Indian QuarterlyPraise for Changed Forever, Volume I"Both Krupat's introduction and his analyses throughout show an impressive mastery of the field … Krupat's analytical skills truly shine … I found Changed Forever both refreshing and challenging. Highly recommended." — John Gram, author of Education at the Edge of Empire: Negotiating Pueblo Identity in New Mexico's Indian Boarding Schools