It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Indian Orphanages by Marilyn Irvin Holt
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
With their deep tradition of tribal and kinship ties, Native Americans had lived for centuries with little use for the concept of an unwanted child. But besieged by reservation life and boarding school acculturation, many tribes—with the encouragement of whites—came to accept the need for orphanages. The first book to focus exclusively on this subject, Marilyn Holt's study interweaves Indian history, educational history, family history, and child welfare policy to tell the story of Indian orphanages within the larger context of the orphan asylum in America. She relates the history of these...
Indian Orphanages by Marilyn Irvin Holt is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Indian Orphanages aloud.
Indian Orphanages is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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