Article describes American Indian women's roles while participating as part of the cast in Wild West shows. Wild West shows, such as the ones organized by G. W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, featured acts that entertained audiences and showed white Americans a version of life in the West. Alyce Vigil describes how American Indian women in the cast worked to maintain their traditions in this new context.
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Article describes American Indian women's roles while participating as part of the cast in Wild West shows. Wild West shows, such as the ones organized by G. W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, featured acts that entertained audiences and showed white Americans a version of life in the West. Alyce Vigil describes how American Indian women in the cast worked to maintain their traditions in this new context.
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Abstract: Wild West shows, such as the ones organized by G. W. "Pawnee Bill" Lillie, featured acts that entertained audiences and showed white Americans a version of life in the West. Alyce Vigil describes how American Indian women in the cast worked to maintain their traditions in this new context.
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Vigil, Alyce.Same Traditions, New Reasons: Experiences of American Indian Women in Pawnee Bill's Wild West Shows,
article,
Summer 2013;
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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