Indian Blues

by Troutman, John William

• ISBN13: 9780806140193
• ISBN10: 0806140194
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-30
• Publisher: Univ of Oklahoma Pr

Summary

Explores the relationship between Native musical practices and federal Indian policy

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vii
Preface and Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. 3
The Citizenship of Dance: Politics of Music in the Reservation Environment	p. 19
The "Dance Evil": Cultural Performance, the Press, and Federal Indian Policy	p. 66
The Sounds of "Civilization": Music and the Assimilation Campaign in Federal Indian Boarding Schools	p. 108
Learning the Music of Indianness	p. 151
Hitting the Road: Professional Native Musicians in the Early Twentieth Century	p. 201
Epilogue	p. 253
Archives and Abbreviations	p. 260
Notes	p. 263
Bibliography	p. 305
Index	p. 315
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