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Authentic Indians Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast

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ISBN-10: 0822335476

ISBN-13: 9780822335474

Edition: 2005

Authors: Paige Raibmon

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Paige Raibmon analyses cultural adaptation among aboriginal people in the Pacific Northwest, tracing the colonial origins and political implications of ideas about native 'authenticity.'
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Book details

List price: $28.95
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Duke University Press
Publication date: 7/21/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 328
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.30" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
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 Exhibition, 1893
Theaters of Contact: The Kwakwaka'wakh at the Fair
Picking, Posing, and Performing: Puget Sound 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
List of Abbreviations
Notes
Bibliography
Index