I was also really impressed with the Bill Cody story. Mainly because he managed to use indian work not only for his own benefit, but for their benefit as well. While we were talking about it in class, I kept wondering whether Bill Cody did it for the right reasons. Did he know he was giving he natives so much by allowing them to be indians? Or was it all self-driven? Either way I was very impressed with the whole story and I wished we could have learned more about it.
It was one of the few moments during class where there was, for lack of a better phrase, a beacon of hope. Finally the natives were getting a chance to be themselves, even if it was for a performance. It shows how incredibly important their culture and traditions were that they were willing to put them on display for white Americans.
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This is somewhat of a side note to your post, but my grandpa got to see Buffalo Bill's show when he brought it through Kansas one time. He told stories about how much he enjoyed a chat he had with one of the indians.
I agree that this was a hopeful situation for Native Peoples.
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