Authentic Indians: episodes of encounter from the late-nineteenth-century Northwest coast

Introduction: authenticity and colonial cosmology -- Local politics and colonial relations : the Kwakwaka'wakw at home on the Northwest coast -- "The march of the aborigine to civilization" : live exhibits and the world's Columbian exposition, 1893 -- Theaters of contact : the Kw...

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Main Author: Raibmon, Paige Sylvia 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham Duke University Press 2005
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Summary:Introduction: authenticity and colonial cosmology -- Local politics and colonial relations : the Kwakwaka'wakw at home on the Northwest coast -- "The march of the aborigine to civilization" : live exhibits and the world's Columbian exposition, 1893 -- Theaters of contact : the Kwakwaka'wakw at the fair -- Picking, posing, and performing : the hop fields and income for aboriginal workers -- Harvest gatherings : aboriginal agendas, economy, and culture -- Indian watchers : colonial imagination and colonial reality -- The inside passage to authenticity : Sitka tourism and the Tlingit -- "The trend is upward" : mission and cottage life -- Civilization on trial : the Davis case -- Conclusion: authenticity's call
Item Description:"A John Hope Franklin Center book.". - Includes bibliographical references p. ([261]-293) and index
Physical Description:xv,307 p ill., maps 24 cm
ISBN:9780822386773
0822386771

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