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Blue Star: The Story of Corabelle Fellows, Teacher at Dakota Missions, 1884-1888 (Borealis Books)

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In 1881, young Corabelle Fellows, well-educated and gently bred, overcame her parents’ objections and left her upper-class home in Washington D.C. to change into a church-sponsored teacher a number of the Indian people of Dakota Territory. For the following several years, she taught English, art, and domestic science on Rosebud, Pine Ridge, and Cheyenne River reservations. In return for her friendship, the students affectionately gave her the name Blue Star. A keen observer, especially of Indian Women’s and Children’s lives, she learned much about their circle of relatives traditions. Her teaching career ended in 1888 when she married Samuel Campbell, A Dakota mixed-blood.

Fifty years later, Corabelle recalled her experiences in Dakota land for Kunigunde Duncan, who turned them into this book, first published in 1938. Her story, with its personal viewpoint at the Indians struggles to keep their religion, lands, language, and way of living, will both intrigue and enthrall readers

A new Introduction by Bruce D. Forbes, professor of religious studies at Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, highlights the inevitable dichotomy between the openness Corabelle Fellowes expressed toward the Indians and her failure to be mindful the negative affect of the government’s assimilation policy.

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