Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History Brothertown and reveal the importance of

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Contributors: Jennifer Baker

bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior

Winona LaDuke (White Earth Ojibwe)

language is power

Staging Indigeneity: Salvage Tourism and the Performance of Native American History Brothertown and reveal the importance ofAs tourists increasingly moved across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, a surprising number of communities looked to capitalize on the histories of Native American people to create tourist attractions. From the Happy Canyon Indian Pageant and Wild West Show in Pendleton, Oregon, to outdoor dramas like Tecumseh! in Chillicothe, Ohio, and Unto These Hills in Cherokee, North Carolina, locals staged performances that