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Early in the twentieth century, the political humorist Will Rogers was arguably the most famous cowboy in America. And though most in his vast audience didn't know it, he was also the most famous Indian of his time. Those who know of Rogers's Cherokee heritage and upbringing tend to minimize its importance, or to imagine that Rogers himself did sonotwithstanding his avowal in interviews: "I'm a Cherokee and they're the finest Indians in the World." The truth is, throughout his adult life and his work the Oklahoma cowboy made much of his American Indian background. And in doing so, as Amy Ware suggests in this book, he made Cherokee artistry a fundamental part of American popular culture. Rogers, whose father was a prominent and wealthy Cherokee politician and former Confederate slaveholder, was born into the Paint Clan in the town of Oolagah in 1879 and raised in the Cooweescoowee District of the Cherokee Nation. Ware maps out this milieu, illuminating the familial and social networks, as well as the Cherokee ranching practices, educational institutions, popular publications and heated political debates that so firmly grounded Rogers in the culture of the Cherokee. Through his early career, from Wild West and vaudeville performer to Ziegfeld Follies headliner in the late 1910s, she reveals how Rogers embodied the seemingly conflicting roles of cowboy and Indian, in effect enacting the blending of these identities in his art. Rogers's work in the film industry also reflected complex notions of American Indian identity and history, as Ware demonstrates in her reading of the clearest examples, including Laughing Billy Hyde, in which Rogers, an Indian, portrayed a white prospector married to an Indian womanwho was played by a white actress. In his work as a columnist for the New York Times, and in his radio performances, Ware continues to trace the Cherokee influence on Rogers's materialand in turn its impact on his audiences. It is in these largely uncensored performances that we see another side of Rogers's Cherokee personaa tribal elitism that elevated the Cherokee above other Indian nations. Ware's exploration of this distinction exposes still-common assumptions regarding Native authenticity in the history of American culture, even as her in-depth look at Will Rogers's heritage and legacy reshapes our perspective on the Native presence in that history, and in the life and work of a true American icon. PageInsider - Information about all domains Own a website? Manage your page to keep your users updated View some of our premium pages: googlecom yelpcom yahoocom microsoftcom Upgrade to a Premium Page Lootcoza: Sitemap 9780805991321 0805991328 Both Sides of the Water - Essays on African-Native American Interactions Lonnie Harrington 9781841134918 1841134910 Making the Law Explicit Children Teens and Familie in the Movies UC Children and Teens Videotapes in the Media Resources Center UC Berkeley Job Interview Online Practice Test Question - hr-secretscom Job Interview Practice Test Why Do You Want This Job? Answer this job interview question to determine if you are prepared for a successful job interview Conservative Columnists with Political News Commentary Read political news commentary and analysis from today's most popular conservative columnists and bloggers including Ann Coulter Thomas Sowell Michael Barone Hugh Best advertising Website Awards - Award winning websites Best advertising Websites Each year the Web Marketing Association names the Best web site as part of the annual WebAward Competition Since 1997 the WebAwards are Somos Primos Somos Primos Staff: Mimi Lozano Editor Mercy Bautista Olvera Bill Carmena Lila Guzman Granville Hough John Inclan Galal Kernahan JV Martinez Directory List Lowercase 23 Small Blog Internet Forum directory-list-lowercase-23-smalltxt Copyright 2007 James Fisher This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 30 License Lootcoza: Sitemap 9781906128043 1906128049 Robbie Williams - Facing the Ghosts Paul Scott John Last 9788088992752 8088992753 English-Pashto-Dari Dictionary S Yarzi Television Programs - TV videography - UC Berkeley Library TV Programs News Programs Radio Shows Commercials and Advertisements Journalism and Mass Communications (documentaries on TV & society) Popular Culture
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