Now entering a seventh printing, and with over 18,000 copies sold, The Imaginary Indian is a fascinating, revealing history of the "Indian" image mythologized by popular Canadian culture since 1850, propagating stereotypes that exist to this day.
Images of the Indian have always been fundamental to Canadian culture. From the paintings and photographs of the nineteenth century to the Mounted Police sagas and the spectacle of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show; from the performances of Pauline Johnson, Grey Owl, and Buffalo Long Lance to the media images of Oka and Elijah Harperâ??the Imaginary Indian is ever with us, oscillating throughout our history from friend to foe, from Noble Savage to bloodthirsty warrior, from debased alchoholic to wise elder, from monosyllabic "squaw" to eloquent princess, from enemy of progress to protector of the environment.
The Imaginary Indian has been, and continues to be â??as Daniel Francis reveals in this bookâ??just about anything the non-Native culture has wanted it to be; and the contradictory stories non-Natives tell about Imaginary Indians are really stories about themselves and the uncertainties that make up their cultural heritage. This is not a book about Native people; it is the story of the images projected upon Native peopleâ??and the desperate uses to which they are put.
The Imaginary Indian is an essential title for aboriginal studies in Canada.
Now in its 7th printing.
Authors
- Bibliography, etc. Note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251) and index
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 305.897071
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn---
- ISBN
- 0889782512 9781551523248
- LCCN
- E78.C2
- LCCN Item number
- F713 1992eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- DLC
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (xii, 258 p.)
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00602960 (OCoLC)244770236 (CaOOCEL)408971
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- DLC
Table of Contents
- Contents 8
- Acknowledgements 10
- Foreword 12
- 1. Introduction 14
- I. TAKING THE IMAGE 24
- 2. The Vanishing Canadian 29
- 3. Writing Off the Indian 57
- 4. Red Coats and Redskins 74
- II. PRESENTING THE IMAGE 96
- 5. Performing Indians 100
- 6. Celebrity Indians and Plastic Shamans 122
- 7. Indians of Childhood 157
- III. APPROPRIATING THE IMAGE 182
- 8. Marketing the Imaginary Indian 186
- IV. IMPLEMENTING THE IMAGE 204
- 9. The Bureaucrat's Indian 209
- 10. Guns and Feathers 232
- Endnotes 238
- Photo Sources 252
- Sources Consulted 254
- Index 265
- A 265
- B 265
- C 265
- D 266
- E 266
- F 266
- G 267
- H 267
- I 267
- J 267
- K 267
- L 267
- M 268
- N 268
- O 269
- P 269
- Q 269
- R 269
- S 269
- T 270
- U 270
- V 270
- W 270
- Y 271
