Authentic Indians : episodes of encounter from the late-nineteenth-century Northwest coast / Paige Raibmon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Raibmon, Paige Sylvia, 1971-

Series:

e-Duke books scholarly collection.

a John Hope Franklin Center Book

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Ethnic identity.

Indians of North America.

Indians of North America--Northwest, Pacific--Cultural assimilation.

Indians, Treatment of--Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.

Indians, Treatment of.

Northwest, Pacific--Race relations.

Northwest, Pacific.

Northwest, Pacific--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (325 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Analyzes cultural adaptation among aboriginal people in the Pacific Northwest, tracing the colonial origins and political implications of ideas about native "authenticity."

Contents:

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.

Notes:

"A John Hope Franklin Center book."

Includes bibliographical references p. ([261]-293) and index.

ISBN:

9780822386773

0822386771

OCLC:

220940070