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

Lawlor, Mary, 1949-

Public Native America : tribal self-representations in casinos, museums, and powwows / Mary Lawlor. - New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006. - 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations

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

Introduction -- Identity in Mashantucket -- Displaying loss at Navajoland -- Wind river lessons -- Keeping history at Acoma Pueblo -- Indigenous internationalism : native rights and the United Nations.

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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.


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Indians of North America--Public opinion.
Indians of North America--Psychology.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
Ethnopsychology--North America.
Self-perception--North America.
Indians in popular culture--North America.
Powwows--North America.
Museum exhibits--North America.
Gambling on Indian reservations--North America.
Public opinion--North America.
Indigenous peoples--Civil rights.
Peuples autochtones--Opinion publique.--Amérique du Nord
Peuples autochtones--Psychologie.--Amérique du Nord
Peuples autochtones--Identité ethnique.--Amérique du Nord
Ethnopsychologie--Amérique du Nord.
Perception de soi--Amérique du Nord.
Peuples autochtones dans la culture populaire--Amérique du Nord.
Powwows--Amérique du Nord.
Objets exposés--Amérique du Nord.
Jeux de hasard dans les réserves indiennes--Amérique du Nord.
Autochtones--Droits.
Opinion publique--Amérique du Nord.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Ethnic Studies--Native American Studies.
Indigenous peoples--Civil rights
Ethnopsychology
Gambling on Indian reservations
Indians in popular culture
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity
Indians of North America--Psychology
Indians of North America--Public opinion
Museum exhibits
Powwows
Public opinion
Self-perception


Opinion publique--Amérique du Nord.
North America

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