Marilyn Irvin Holt is also author of The Orphan Trains: Placing Out in America and Linoleum, Better Babies, and the Modern Farm Woman, 1890-1930.

A well-written, interesting, and important contribution to the fields of Indian history and Indian education. - American Historical Review ""A major contribution to the understanding of how Indian orphanages came to exist and why Native American families turned to them. A must read for all Native American scholars and students."" - American Studies ""A sensitive and pathbreaking contribution."" - Great Plains Quarterly ""An original and well-written account."" - David Wallace Adams, author of Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928