Public Native America : tribal self-representations in casinos, museums, and powwows / Mary Lawlor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawlor, Mary, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Public opinion.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Psychology.

Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.

Ethnopsychology--North America.

Ethnopsychology.

Self-perception--North America.

Self-perception.

Indians in popular culture--North America.

Indians in popular culture.

Powwows--North America.

Powwows.

Museum exhibits--North America.

Museum exhibits.

Gambling on Indian reservations--North America.

Gambling on Indian reservations.

Public opinion--North America.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (250 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Native American casino and gaming industry has attracted unprecedented American public attention to life on reservations. Other tribal public venues, such as museums and powwows, have also gained in popularity among non-Native audiences and become sites of education and performance. In Public Native America, Mary Lawlor explores the process of tribal self-definition that the communities in her study make available to off-reservation audiences. Focusing on architectural and interior designs as well as performance styles, she reveals how a complex and often surprising cultural dynamic is cre

Contents:

Introduction

Identity in Mashantucket

Displaying loss at Navajoland

Wind river lessons

Keeping history at Acoma Pueblo

Indigenous internationalism : native rights and the United Nations.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-227) and index.

ISBN:

1-280-94706-3

9786610947065

0-8135-3997-8

OCLC:

77566836