Indians on Display: Global Commodification of Native America in Performance, Art, and Museums 9781315426808, 1315426803

Even as their nations and cultures were being destroyed by colonial expansion across the continent, American Indians bec

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Indians on Display: Global Commodification of Native America in Performance, Art, and Museums
9781315426808, 1315426803

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