Buffalo Bill Cody established his Wild West Show in 1883. The show featured White actors in redface playing Indians, but Cody later employed Indian actors, including Sitting Bull, to fill these roles. King credits Wild West shows like Cody’s with helping create the stereotypical “Dead Indian” that dominates North America’s collectively imagined image of Native people.
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Buffalo Bill Cody Character Timeline in The Inconvenient Indian
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...of the 19th century as influencing the popular culture view of Indians. Shows such as Buffalo Bill Cody ’s Wild West Show performed across the country and abroad. Initially “Indians” were played by...
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...Will Rogers. Rogers was a Cherokee who performed as a vaudeville player and appeared in Buffalo Bill Cody ’s Wild West Show. He made his first film appearance in Laughing Bill Hyde in...
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