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Living and relearning at school: An Indian tale.
Byline: Larry Fish
PHOENIX _ Like thousands of elementary-school-age Indian girls and boys before and after her, Maxine K. Rogers was more than a little frightened when she arrived at what would be her new home for all of her school years, the Sequoyah School in Tahlequah, Okla., in the 1920s.
Far from home, at least she had company _ her sister, also elementary-school age, was with her. Together, they became part of what many older Indians say was the formative experience for members of nearly every tribe of the late 19th and 20th centuries: the Indian boarding school.
At all of the schools, incoming pupils were given haircuts, especially repugnant to boys with braids; received "white" clothing in the form of uniforms; frequently got new Anglo-sounding names; and were forbidden to practice tribal customs or speak native languages.
"They were really strict," said Rogers, now 85, who is part Cherokee and part Delaware, or Lenape. "I had a sister who went there, and I minded the rules better than she did. She ran away two or three times," only to be brought back each time.
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