Indian blues
Subtitle: American Indians and the politics of music, 1879-1934
By: John W. Troutman.
Series: New directions in Native American studies -- v. 3
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780806140193
Subjects: Indian dance -- North America -- History -- 20th century; Indians of North America -- Music; Indians of North America -- Cultural assimilation; Popular music -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Off-reservation boarding schools -- North America -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations; United States -- Social life and customs
Genres: Music.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The citizenship of dance : politics of music in the reservation environment, 1900-1922; title: The dance evil : cultural performance, the press, and federal Indian policy, 1922-1928; title: The sounds of civilization : music and the assimilation campaign in federal Indian boarding schools; title: Learning the music of Indianness; title: Professional native musicians in the early twentieth century; title: Epilogue.