Oh, man, I don't doubt that was part of the reason. There was always a lot of talk about protecting Indian rights from lots of parties (many of them in the US), but it never lasted, sadly.
An interesting thing about Buffalo Bill was his treatment of the Indians, actually-- he went from being a native-hunter to someone who promoted native culture and was known for his equal treatment and payment of the people in his show, both white and not.
A lot of the art we saw dealing with Alberta had mounties in it. They did look very fine, I'll say that.
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Date: 2011-05-30 05:06 am (UTC)An interesting thing about Buffalo Bill was his treatment of the Indians, actually-- he went from being a native-hunter to someone who promoted native culture and was known for his equal treatment and payment of the people in his show, both white and not.
A lot of the art we saw dealing with Alberta had mounties in it. They did look very fine, I'll say that.