Degree Year
2019
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History
Advisor(s)
Matthew R. Bahar
Keywords
Pratt, Football, Indians, Carlisle, Boarding school, Sports, Student athlete, Identity, Native, American
Abstract
This thesis analyzes the impact of football on student-athlete identity at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. It explores the origins of Pratt’s racial ideology toward Indians and evaluates his motivations for opening Carlisle as well as his inconsistent attitude toward the game of football. The thesis asserts that the members of the Carlisle football team maintained a form of cultural continuity through the game by making it something of their own.
Repository Citation
Gaetano, David, "Native America's Pastime: How Football at an Indian Boarding School Empowered Native American Men and Revitalized their Culture, 1880-1920" (2019). Honors Papers. 123.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/123
