The Return of the ‘Children of Nature’: Spectacle and Environment during Banff's Indian Days | NiCHE - Network in Canadian History & Environment

Jonathan Clapperton “The Return of the ‘Children of Nature’: Spectacle and Environment during Banff's Indian Days” Cross-Pollination: Seeding New Ground for Environmental Thought and Activism across the Arts and Humanities. 25 March 2011.

Presenter:

Jonathan Clapperton

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Cross-Pollination: Seeding New Ground for Environmental Thought and Activism across the Arts and Humanities

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Edmonton

Presentation Date:

Mar 25 2011

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Clapperton is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History, University of Saskatchewan.

Abstract:

hough the indigenous population was largely excluded from Banff National Park after its creation, they would return en masse once a year for the Banff Indian Days. This paper explores how both Natives and non-Natives attempted to "restore" Aboriginal peoples to the park. It also sheds light on the various tensions that resulted from the agendas of participants, organizers and spectators, tensions which would ultimately result in conflict and the Indian Days' demise.

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