Crafting 'The Indian': Knowledge, Desire, and Play in Indianist Reenactment

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1. Setting the Stage: Indianism and What It Not Chapter 2. Indian Hobbies, European Contexts: History, Historiography, Ethnography Chapter 3. Is This Play? Reframing Metaphoric Action on Indianist Playgrounds Buffalo Days Camp 2003: Journal Chapter 4. Amateurs in Action: the Makings of Knowledge through Improvisation Chapter 5. Shifting Selves around Authentic Replicas: Crafting the Past into the Present Chapter 6. Matter, Metaphor, Miniature: Marvels of the Model Appendix: Missouri River Story: A Tale of Playing for High Stakes