ISBN:
9781555914547
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (700 p.)
Parallel Title:
Print version Where the Tall Grass Grows : Becoming Indigenous and the Mythological Legacy of the American West
DDC:
305.897078
Keywords:
Indian mythology -- West (U.S.)
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Indians of North America -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.) -- History
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Indians in popular culture
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Indians in literature
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Indians in motion pictures
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Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Identifying myths of the West and the ways in which they continue to shape our views
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Becoming Indigenous; ; PART ONE; Chapter One; Flaming Rainbow, the Word Sender; Chapter Two; Across the Wide Missouri; Chapter Three; The Road of the Emigrants; Chapter Four; The Iron Cyclops and the Lightning Slingers; Chapter Five; A Fierce Artfulness; Chapter Six; A Star Appears; Chapter Seven; The Showman, the Medicine Man, and the Messiah; ; PART TWO; Chapter Eight; The Wizards and the Western; Chapter Nine; The Dream Factory and a New Red Scare; Chapter Ten; A WASP in the Wilderness; Chapter Eleven; The Indian "New Deal"; Chapter Twelve
Description / Table of Contents:
A Clarion Call for HeroesChapter Thirteen; When Johnny Comes Marching Home; Chapter Fourteen; The Oracle of the Hearth; Chapter Fifteen; The Searchers and the Captivity Narrative; ; PART THREE; Chapter Sixteen; Custer Died for Your Sins; Chapter Seventeen; A Librarian's Notebook; Chapter Eighteen; The Trail of Broken Treaties; Chapter Nineteen; Dances with Wolves and Avatar; Epilogue; Playing Indian; Notes; Index;
Note:
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