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Author Lawlor, Mary, 1949-

Title Public Native America : tribal self-representations in casinos, museums, and powwows / Mary Lawlor.

Publication Info. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2006]
©2006

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 234 pages) : illustrations
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-227) and index.
Contents Introduction -- Identity in Mashantucket -- Displaying loss at Navajoland -- Wind river lessons -- Keeping history at Acoma Pueblo -- Indigenous internationalism : native rights and the United Nations.
Summary 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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Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
Indians of North America -- Psychology.
Indians of North America -- Psychology.
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America -- Ethnic identity.
Ethnopsychology -- North America.
Ethnopsychology.
North America.
Self-perception -- North America.
Self-perception.
Indians in popular culture -- North America.
Indians in popular culture.
Powwows -- North America.
Powwows.
Museum exhibits -- North America.
Museum exhibits.
Gambling on Indian reservations -- North America.
Gambling on Indian reservations.
Public opinion -- North America.
Public opinion.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Lawlor, Mary, 1949- Public Native America. New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2006 0813538645 0813538653 (DLC) 2005028059 (OCoLC)61748368
ISBN 9780813539973 (electronic book)
0813539978 (electronic book)
0813538645
9780813538648
0813538653 (paperback ; alkaline paper)
9780813538655 (paperback ; alkaline paper)