Selling Indian Education at World's Fairs and Expositions, 1893-1904
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Robert A. Trennert
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 11, no. 3, Summer, 1987, pp. 203-220
Description
Looks at the Bureau of Indian Affairs attempts to promote Indigenous education for public approval through exhibits at the World's Fair. However, the exhibits ended up promoting a romanticized traditional Indigenous culture to the American public.