'... this study suggests new ways to combine familiar histories that have often been kept separate, and Harvey's work may encourage scholars of both Native American and Euro-American history to rethink performance culture as a vehicle for imperial transformation.' Journal of American Studies

• Introduction; Chapter 1 ‘Glory and Commerce’ at the ‘Edge of the Woods’; Chapter 2 The Corn Mother and ‘Rising Glory’; Chapter 3 Performing Thunderbirds and Happy Indians; Chapter 4 The Circus, the Theatre and the Frontier; Chapter 5 Colonizing Folk Culture; Chapter 6 Evening Star Medicine Meets Uncle Tom; Chapter 7 Conclusion;