5. Mini-Episode - A History of the Haskell Institute
Kansas is home to Haskell Indian Nations University, today the premier institution of higher education for Native Americans in the United States. However, Haskell has a long and complicated history, including experiencing two deadly outbreaks of the 1918 influenza pandemic (as told in Episode 3). In this mini-episode, we talk with Prof. Eric Anderson, chair of the Indigenous and American Indian Studies Department at Haskell Indian Nations University and an expert on the history of the institution. how did a boarding school that for many decades promoted assimilation into Euro-American culture, forcibly stripping students of their indigenous cultures, eventually become a university that celebrates and promotes Indigenous sovereignty and Native American culture in all its diversity?
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Curious about the sources we use and want to learn more about the topics, people, and places we discuss in this episode? Then this space is for you.
Read about the history of Haskell Indian Nations University on the school’s website.
Browse resources on Native Kansas and the history of Native American education in Kansas, recommended by the library at Haskell Indian Nations University.
Watch a talk by Prof. Eric Anderson on “Diversity and Complexity in Native Kansas,” given on Kansas Day in 2018 at Johnson County Community College.
View photos from the NAtional Archives of the Haskell Institute’s football team in 1914 and a girls’ shorthand class in 1910.