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Images of urban Native Americans: The border zones of mixed identities
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Journal of American Culture
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April 1, 1997
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Introduction
The dominant photographic images of Native Americans, past and present, tend to focus on two geographical/culture areas, the Plains and the Southwest. These images become fixed in the American media as "typical" Native American physical/cultural characteristics. Native American images east of the Mississippi River are often ignored.
This paper will focus on Native Americans of Eastern tribes with connections to Middle Atlantic and Northeastern Algonquin cultures and Southeastern tribes. Photographs and photo collages are from the author/artist's photo-documentation of Eastern, usually state recognized tribes.
These images will show the unique physical characteristics of a ...