Germans and Indians

For over three hundred years, the Indian peoples of North America have attracted the interest of diverse segments of German society -- missionaries, writers, playwrights, anthropologists, filmmakers, hobbyists, and enthusiasts, and even royalty. Today, German scholars continue to be drawn to Indians, as is the German public: tour groups from Germany frequent Plains reservations in the summer, and so-called Indianerclubs, where participants dress up in "authentic" Indian costume, are common. In this fascinating volume, scholars and writers illuminate the longstanding connection between Germans and Indians.

List of Illustrations; Editors' AcknowledgmentsPart 1: IntroductionClose Encounters: Deutsche and Indianer - Susanne ZantopCompatriots - Emma Lee WarriorGermany's Indians in a European Perspective - Christian F. FeestPart 2: Historical EncountersHistorical Encounters across Five Centuries - Colin G. CallowayAmerican Indians and Moravians in Southern New England - Corinna Dally-Starna and William A. Starna"The Complexion of My Country": The German as "Other" in Colonial Pennsylvania - Liam RiordanGerman Immigrants and Intermarriage with American Indians in the Pacific Northwest - Russel Lawrence BarshA Nineteenth-Century Ojibwa Conquers Germany - Bernd PeyerPart 3: Projections and PerformancesGerman Indianthusiasm: A Socially Constructed German National(ist) Myth - Hartmut LutzNineteenth-Century German Representations of Indians from Experience - Jeffrey L. SammonsIndians Playing, Indians Praying: Native Americans in Wild West Shows and Catholic Missions - Karl Markus KreisGermans Playing Indian - Marta CarlsonIndian Impersonation as Historical Surrogation - Katrin SiegBetween Karl May and Karl Marx: The defa Indianerfilme - Gerd GemundenPart 4: Two-Souled Warriors: The Conjunction of Germans and Indians Revisited"Stranger and Stranger": The (German) Other in Canadian Indigenous Texts - Renate EigenbrodAn Introduction to Louise Erdrich's The Antelope Wife - Ute Lischke-McNab"Blitzkuchen," An Excerpt from The Antelope Wife - Louise ErdrichBibliography; List of Contributors; Index