Cultivating The Rosebuds
About the Book
Recipient of a 1995 Critics' Choice Award of the American Educational Studies Association
Established by the Cherokee Nation in 1851 in present-day eastern Oklahoma, the nondenominaional Cherokee Female Seminary was one of the most important schools in the history of American Indian education. Devon Mihesuah explores its curriculum, faculty, administration, and educational philosophy.
"[An] important work. . . . It tells the fascinating and occasionally poignant story of the Cherokee Female Seminary, which enrolled its first class of 'Rosebuds,' as the seminarians called themselves, in 1851." -- Choice
"I recommend it to any serious student of the Cherokee people." -- Robert J. Conley, author of Mountain Windsong
"Of the many books about Cherokee history, few deal with the issue of acculturation in the post-removal period and none so effectively as Devon Mihesuah's Cultivating the Rosebuds." -- Nancy Shoemaker, Western Historical Quarterly
"Required reading for anyone remotely interested in the history of Native American education." -- David W. Adams, History of Education Quarterly
About the Author
Devon A. Mihesuah is the Cora Lee Beers Price Teaching Professor in International Cultural Understanding at the University of Kansas. Her books include American Indigenous Women: Decolonization, Empowerment, Activism.Reviews
"Insightful . . . A well-researched, beautifully written, and nuanced account of the Cherokee Female Seminary which provides a microcosmic view of the Cherokee Nation's struggle to survive the loss of their land through removal and allotment and to provide an education for its 'talented tenth.'"--Carolyn Ross Johnston, Journal of Women's History"Required reading for anyone remotely interested in the history of Native American education."--David W. Adams, History of Education Quarterly
"Of the many books about Cherokee history, few deal with the issue of acculturation in the post-removal period and none so effectively as Devon Mihesuah's Cultivating the Rosebuds."Nancy Shoemaker, Western Historical Quarterly
"I recommend it to any serious student of the Cherokee people."--Robert J. Conley, author of Mountain Windsong
"An extraordinarily intriguing case study of the critical role played by formal education in shaping identity. . . . Mihesuah has recreated the school's ethos in captivating fashion."--Jean Barman, Historical Studies in Education
Awards
• Winner, Critics' Choice Award, 1995Related Titles
