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I he.1d h.1,r dr_1•c1 wasn't 1eally fonctinning!l, In liUl scmc. ,he 1rnr;ht he 0111 nne two anomalous more represen,s1twe 1h.,n ,1tw1ualous. \,\·as ,he iokmg .1round with that tor 1nsta11cc~man)' N.lli,e Amenc.rns p.,iticip.ated in .111 manner of emnnmy' Or ,ns ,he simply r,ernng he,· t1ails dune' And wh,ll v,ou]J be sports in the earl)' Lwcmieth century. l he11 prc,rncc at mulliple level,­ so weird , hrn,r tha,,- prnfraarnnal. ,emipro, college, .rn,I loc-al-.rnd in significant numhc-rs i\s consumers of glob.11 nuss"medi.ued cultures. "·e ,11 e ail subject w Sl1gi:e,,~ th,,r v.e ought lO rethmk " particular history ot "P'Tt.1t1on, ir, case their ,um,~nding Jndi.1n mt~grnlion into a w1de1 worl,I nf mnJ­ j c,pcTtatioa,. The) ,r1cok ir1tu our mind, .md ,l"wn to our hca,ts whrn Lhis we "e11 't looking. l'hat doe, not me.rn. however, tluL thc_1· need to 111 le crn .1thleric-is111. Thi, bookw1Jl ptlla<Jc a r1umbcr o[ such' secret" lusw­ our thoughts. Why should on) .rndicncc "II"" P,cd Clo.,,I w,,man or rics of Indian life m the lJLC mnereentli c-entlll}' ,mJ the· early twrnticth, ,~. ,my other J r,Jian pc, wn cng:1gcd in ,myth mg Hne,pected to be pc1 sis­ hi,wries tlm inch1de lnJia<l people driving cars. pl.aymg football. trow I- \ tently and automatic.1lly designated anomalous! 1-1' lut MlulJ IL:ippcn if mg ill Wild West show,. p~rforming mu sic, .rnd xung ond directing in tl1e e:irly ye.\rS of"tlie tilm mdu.stry. ~· _ '• v,c "c,·c LO toh u me Lrom indigrnuu, vicv.er, m,J 4 ue,r,,,,, esery m- ,\ ;eco11J pu, ,uit must necessmly nun on the torn1anon ot those 1de­ (\°)C, ) Hern cc 111 which lnd,cms cire named a, annmal1es'. J>er_haps 1t might be · "°'\ more mstrnmve to tl11nk abom eve ms m terms oJ thc1t }f"I"'"'~ !rare, LIC- ologi,.1l ti ame, tlur have cxphiin~J dtJJ umui<lcd lndi<lll Jcuons. NJ live / c.i,i@al. frc4 urnt) r a titer !ha" m1ilinmng rl,c e.ircgunc, ,rnd vci hws that prnplc Juw alw.1ys ,,cted from imperative, frn m~d m the meeting ofn·ih.,I Ji i acTompany anomaly and expectation? culrmc, rnJ the ,ociJI. polilirnl. economic. and envirnnmemal w1eck· llus book seeks to explore these .rnd mhcr que,tions Jbout ,·,pcTL1- age .sn<i 11pprn tlmlt}' gene, arctl b) colunial encou"tL-rs. Yet Ndti,c .lCLions th.1i" mn- ho,·e ,lll too onen been mte1 pmed ,hrn\lgh th~ lens ofE1m1-,\111encrn n­ ' l. ti<>r,~i110sr Jl,ll"ticul,ici): :it the- tu1 n of rl.J_e twc11t1tih. een-t,11•;. T11 111e11t. accm di 11g to most American narraQves, lnd1.rn people, corralled pcet.,cion limned. in mon); cases, in ways tlm turthered the colon~1l pro1· \~ on isoLued and impoverished rcscrY,llion,, missed Oul on modernity- ect. This " nor tn d' gLJc the forLLiliar cfahe .19m1l tbc winners wri~,~ 1he inJceJ. aimu~Jrc(pJ':eJ out ufhisrory ir.,elf.ln , Heh '"" ";t;-,;,,-;-'\',tifr his1ori.,. Racher, 1t is to aSK ,ls t(i consi"iler rl;,e T,n,E ofrriiIT,c, th.it hmT ... , .. Ame, icai,s woll Id reeme,ge as large Iv nisignificant pohtinl and cukural beec\~- pL,cc·d xound .i shJred p~lt JS not S1mpl\· fu asserH~a, i,leolng)· actors in the rdorm d!om al the 1920s ~nd 1930s. WorlJ War II would and d"'1111utH>11 h.Jee 111e1Je u·rtain historic, e,uble LO be spoken. Jn, force them to engage urkrni,m. w,1ge l:ihm . .Jnd .\mcric,rn u,ln1re. stead, "is w3sk ll_?W ,;:e_c ~_'.:1_< to c~1:,:,_m 1-:md, nfo:I ~ng,~"-~ nut ~!hero. Thm:gh ""·h changes would nudge Indian people tow,,rd ,he modern Looking more dose!)'. tor ex.unple. ,,c ,he ways Indians and non­ world, theu hrst and best diances 01 crcedom. re.ison. ec1u,llil), uncl ! nJi,m, im;igi r1eJ Native· abilil) lll commit 1·iolencc. or considering ,he progress luJ pa,sed them l,_1·. J argue, ir,ak.itl th;it ,J ,ignilieanr cohort musical 011gi11, of the «H111d th,,r e:ill, mlt t<J "' "lnJim"''' [OL'M dom "fN;itive people engcij'ed the same f(l] ces of mode, mntinn that were drnn dum, nu." dum dnm dum). these mquiries aie me.mt, not ""I)' to m,lking notHnd1.ms reev.,luate ,heir 01<·11 expeetanons ol 1hemseives .rnd suggest the possibHidcs Ol secret Indian histories, but also to rnnsi,ler the' ,01',-, ri(;ii-Jnd"m, c-,m1e to rdr.1mc· their undetOLi lld j Ilg& 9f"Jndia1JS- Lheir society. The \\·orld we inhabit is 1hc slured crc"Lion oC all peoples. -"---'-- ------------·-------- ----- -- though the eo,ts anJ hrnelits ha,e been p.,recl~J nHt "1th e1sto11 i,hmg lll tl1e w.,ke ot" wh.1t r=~d the iin" I rnnli nemrnt uf wc,trn, illdi.rn incqH:i:ity ,1, h:ivc- the rn,timis ,ihnllt" hn has been active m rhat cre.1'1on pc0.E!D0.ein-~lLonsjiaci1-N-ti;,;~ essa);< ,;;mpts ;,~ pi:r ;.1,~ ndiing and who has hem .1cte<I "n. of r,or1- J r,Ji,," cxpccuLious imo J d1.1logue ,n,h the hwd experience, "f ln considenng these issues, J w.un Lo .d,.