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English
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The Indian Student Placement Program and Native Direction
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Essays on American Indian and Mormon History
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Salt Lake City, UT
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University of Utah Press
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211-224
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This essay outlines the Indian Student Placement Program which was a coordinated effort to improve the educational opportunities available to American Indian children in the United States in the twentieth century. The church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints maintained that the program provided Indian children from reservations access to intercultural experiences, educational opportunities, and a stable family life.