IV: Building the “Enlightened” Republic, Part 3 (mid-1800s) -- Native Tribespeople in Early American Art & Letters

7/13/2004

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IV: Building the “Enlightened” Republic, Part 3 (mid-1800s) -- Native Tribespeople in Early American Art & Letters

Images of Natives in the Capitol Rotunda 1

Images of Natives in the Capitol Rotunda 2

“Indian Queen” & American goddess: “woman” in representations of native peoples

“white woman in distress”: national anxiety & gender

Bestowing nobility

“Building the Enlightened Republic, Part 3: Native Tribespeople in Early American Art” themes, terms, concepts, artists

Author: Tina & Nick Melczarek

Email: nickym@melczarek.net

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