The Thomas Indian School and the "Irredeemable" Children of New York Storytelling Adam Garnet Jones

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The Thomas Indian School and the "Irredeemable" Children of New York Storytelling Adam Garnet JonesThe story of the Thomas Indian School has been overlooked by history and historians even though it predated, lasted longer, and affected a larger number of Indian children than most of the more well known federal boarding schools. Founded by the Presbyterian missionaries on the Cattaraugus Seneca Reservation in western New York, the Thomas Asylum for Orphan and Destitute Indian Children, as it was formally named, shared many of the characteristics of