1992

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Red Coats and Redskins.

From: The Imaginary Indian

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The romance of the Mountie Police comes dressed as an adventure story, an adventure in nation-building, but it is far more than that. Like all treasured national stories, myths if you prefer, it … 45 $4.50 Add
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Red Coats and Redskins.

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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The romance of the Mountie Police comes dressed as an adventure story, an adventure in nation-building, but it is far more than that. Like all treasured national stories, myths if you prefer, it … 45 $1.80 Add
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Presenting the Image

Part II

From: The Imaginary Indian

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Non-Native Canadians came to know the Indian: in books, in public performance, at country fairs, in museums and schoolrooms, at summer camp and in the movies. There were very few places, in fact, … 24 $2.40 Add
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Presenting the Image

Part II

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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Non-Native Canadians came to know the Indian: in books, in public performance, at country fairs, in museums and schoolrooms, at summer camp and in the movies. There were very few places, in fact, … 24 $0.48 Add
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The Government Investigation

From: Victims of Benevolence

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The Indian Superintendent of B.C., A.W. Vowell was tasked to conduct the investigation into the death of Duncan Sticks. Vowell discredited the student testimonies, putting the blame on them … 21 $0.42 Add
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Performing Indians

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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Movies, shows and theatre invariably situate Indians in the past, usually on the western frontier. The result is that Indians in the movies seem marginal to modern life. Sympathetic regret or … 45 $1.80 Add
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Performing Indians

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Movies, shows and theatre invariably situate Indians in the past, usually on the western frontier. The result is that Indians in the movies seem marginal to modern life. Sympathetic regret or … 45 $4.50 Add
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Runaways and a Suicide

From: Victims of Benevolence

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Children continued to run away from the Mission through the first decade of the 1900s. In the summer of 1920 nine boys at the Mission grouped together and ate some poisonous water hemlock. One … 27 $0.54 Add
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Celebrity Indians and Plastic Shamans

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Non-native Canadians have always formed their impressions of the Indian without much reference to actual Native people, and especially without hearing what Native people might have to say about … 58 $2.90 Add
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Celebrity Indians and Plastic Shamans

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Non-native Canadians have always formed their impressions of the Indian without much reference to actual Native people, and especially without hearing what Native people might have to say about … 58 $5.80 Add
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History in the Present

From: Victims of Benevolence

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In the decades after the establishment of the Mission school Native parents repeatedly protested the care being provided to their children at the school. Yet government officials and missionaries … 31 $0.93 Add
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Indians of Childhood

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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In the world of childhood, there were two Indians. One was the Indian of campouts and woodcraft lore and wilderness adventure, presented by Ernest Thompson Seton. The other was the schoolbook … 50 $2.50 Add
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Indians of Childhood

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In the world of childhood, there were two Indians. One was the Indian of campouts and woodcraft lore and wilderness adventure, presented by Ernest Thompson Seton. The other was the schoolbook … 50 $5.00 Add
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Appropriating the Image

Part III

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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Citing the example of General Motors and their Pontiac cars produced since 1925, the author explains the final stage in the creation of the Imaginary Indian. Not only are Indian images used to … 24 $0.48 Add
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Appropriating the Image

Part III

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Citing the example of General Motors and their Pontiac cars produced since 1925, the author explains the final stage in the creation of the Imaginary Indian. Not only are Indian images used to … 24 $2.40 Add
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Marketing the Imaginary Indian

From: The Imaginary Indian, 1st Edition

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Many aspects of Native culture have been appropriated over the years and turned into commodities to help sell products in the marketplace. Each time they respond to a sales pitch which features … 41 $1.64 Add