"In 1893, beginning with the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, displays of people of color became increasingly popular in the U.S. and reflected directly on colonial and imperial histories of the period," she writes. "At the AYP, for example, a village featuring 50 Eskimos from Siberia and Alaska was intended to educate fairgoers about the territory and defined Native peoples as racially inferior in a way that justified colonization."

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"Nanook of the North," the Boy Scouts, new-age spirituality may seem worlds apart. But in one way or another, all exemplify ways in which European-Americans romanticize and distort Native American culture, bending it, twisting it to fit an inherent need to make "Nativeness" their own, according to the writings of Shari Huhndorf. The subliminal advantage of "going Native" is that it allows a conquering race to dodge the truth of its violent past, as well as alleviate guilt."

shari huhndorf is a writer and Alaskan Native who authored the book "Going Native"
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