Marinella Lentis - Colonized through Art: American Indian Schools and Art Education, 1889–1915

The idea for this project started many years ago in a graduate class on the history of American Indian education at the University of Arizona. I am thankful to all who have helped me and supported me along the way since that spring semester and who have witnessed the transformation of that original paper into my doctoral dissertation and, finally, into this book. First among them is my husband, Doug. I would not be the person I am today if it werent for him, and this work would have certainly not seen the light of day without his constant love and encouragement. My infinite thanks to you.

I want to thank Tsianina Lomawaima, Nancy Parezo, and Robert Williams for their patient guidance and advice, and for showing me what it means to be a scholar. I appreciate all they have done for me throughout the years, in and out of the classroom, in times of confidence and in times of need. I also want to express my gratitude to Matthew Bokovoy and the manuscript reviewers, especially Linda Waggoner, for believing in this project and encouraging me throughout, and to everyone at the University of Nebraska Press who has made this book possible.

Research for this book could have not been completed without the invaluable knowledge and assistance of many archivists in private and public repositories across the country. I want to thank in particular Randy Thompson and Debra Schultz at the National Archives and Records Administration, Riverside, California; Lorene Sisquoc at the Sherman Indian Museum and Archives; the entire staff of the New Mexico State Records Center and Archives; the archivists at the Center for Southwest Research at the University of New Mexico; Diane Bird at the Laboratory of Anthropology; Dave Miller at the National Archives and Records Administration, Denver, Colorado; Ken House at the National Archives and Records Administration, Seattle, Washington; Jane Davey at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture; Leanda Gahegan at the National Anthropological Archives; Jim Gerencser at Dickinson College; and everyone at the Still Pictures Division at the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland. I am particularly grateful to Leigh Kuwanwisiwma of the Hopi Cultural Preservation Office for allowing me to publish the kachina drawings included in this volume and to Anna Harbine (Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture), Daisy Njoku (National Anthropological Archives), and Claire-Lise Benaud (Center for Southwest Research) for promptly answering my requests and granting permissions.

I am indebted to those organizations that provided me with financial support so that I could travel to conduct the necessary archival research: the New Mexico Office of the State Historian, the Arizona Archaeological and Historical Society, the Historical Society of Southern California, the Association of Women Faculty at the University of Arizona, the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies, and the Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs at the University of Arizona. My appreciation also goes to Michael Spinella and the Text and Academic Authors Association for their assistance with publication costs.

Last, but not least, I want to thank my family and friends: those who are abroad in my homeland, those who are physically far from me but close to my heart, those who have made us feel at home in the South, and those who have always had confidence in me and my ideas.