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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Indiana History"”.
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The effects of Project BIG on self concept and black pride of urban black children at the fourth grade level
… contributions of black people in the study of Indiana history. The curricular emphasis was implemented by project teachers who used image-rehabilitation social studies materials developed in consultation with Project BIG directors.The sampling population was restricted by grade level and Model …
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The Impact of Caleb Mills on the Hoosier Education Debate: An Edition of Two Unpublished Addresses
… impacted the development of public education in Indiana and includes an edition of two unpublished addresses by Mills, “A Lecture on Popular Education” and “Knowledge is Power.” The addresses provide a much-needed glimpse of some of Caleb Mills’ efforts other than his famous addresses as “One of …
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Overlooking the Indigenous Midwest: Prince Maximilian of Wied in New Harmony
… Maximilian of Wied spent five months in the Indiana town of New Harmony during a two-year expedition to the interior of North America. Maximilian’s observations of Native Americans west of the Mississippi River have influenced European and white American perceptions of the Indigenous peoples …
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How America Remembers: Analysis of the Academic Interpretation and Public Memory of the Battle of Tippecanoe
… of the Battle of Tippecanoe. Until the cultural history movement by scholars in the mid-twentieth century, historical interpretation and public memory mirrored one another in the remembrance of the battle. As historians aimed to provide a more balanced and nuanced understanding of the Battle of …
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The Eugenic Origins of Indiana's Muscatatuck Colony: 1920-2005
This thesis examines the widely unknown history and origins of Muscatatuck Colony, located in Butlerville, Indiana. The national eugenics movement impacted the United States politically, medically, legally, and socially. While the United States established mental institutions prior to the eugenics …
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One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Dead Fish: How Two Fish Kills in the White River Demonstrate Changes in the Historic Protection of the Commons in Indiana
… resources meant to be accessible by all. In Indiana, an important part of the commons is the White River. Although the concept of the commons entered American intellectual spheres through the earliest European settlements and has been a part of the American legal system since the official …