"We Celebrate Our Own Funeral, the Discovery of America:" Pathos, Promise, and Constraint in Simon Pokagon's (Potawatomie) Resistance to the 1893 World's Fair
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jason Edward Black
Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 38, no. 1, 2018, pp. 165-181
Description
Considers Potawatomie’s address at the 1893 World’s Fair, in which he used the platform to expose the realities of the U.S. Government Indian policy, as a rhetorical strategy of resistance and an attempt to garner sympathy from the public at large. Discusses the implications and potential fallout of Potawatomie’s move.