Indian Leader Prefers Tribal Dances Over ‘Immoral Dances’ of Whites

Posted on January 26, 2010 by lmharnisch
Jan. 26, 1920, Briggs
“That Guiltiest Feeling,” by Clare Briggs.

Jan. 26, 1920, Indian School

Jan. 26, 1920: "I would rather take part in the tribal dances of my people than the immoral dances of the white people today," Red Fox says.

Jan. 26, 1920, Pueblo Indians

Jan. 26, 1920: A time capsule of views about Native Americans 90 years ago. Frederic J. Haskin writes of Pueblo Indians of the Southwest: "When it comes to resisting change the stand-pat Republicans might take lessons from them.” However, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Cato Sells "believes in encouraging the boys and girls to go to the towns and get jobs, so that they may become like other Americans."

I passed this story along to my friend Gwen Sharp of Sociological Images. Here's her take>>>.

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1 Response to Indian Leader Prefers Tribal Dances Over ‘Immoral Dances’ of Whites

  1. Arye Michael Bender's avatar Arye Michael Bender says:
    January 26, 2010 at 1:01 pm

    An amazing tidbit in Diana Barrymore’s obit: She was cast in a Tennessee Williams play. That must have been a casting made in an alcoholic’s heaven.
    Can you imagine the rehearsals?

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