- Books and Films on indianists :
If Only I Were an Indian
Documentary by John Paskievich-1995
Follows three aboriginal elders from Manitoba on a voyage to the Czech Republic as they relive their past through the native rituals and costumes adopted by their European admirers.
See the full documentary here : If Only I Were an Indian (1995)
More info here: http://knowledge.ca/program/if-only-i-were-an-indian
IMDB infos : http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113381/
Presentation : http://newspaperrock.bluecorncomics.com/2008/10/if-only-i-were-indian.html
(interestingly controversial...)
Playing Indian
Book by Philip Joseph Deloria - Yale University Press, 1998
Moving from the Boston Tea Party to the present, this provocative book explores the ways non-Indian Americans have acted out their fantasies about Indians in order to experience national, modern, and personal identities. In this complicated tug-of-war between imaginings and actions, Indian people have been embraced and rejected, frequently humiliated and occasionally empowered. The historical anxieties revealed by Playing Indian continue to haunt Americans -- both Indian and non-Indian -- to this day.
Read the summary here: http://yalepress.yale.edu/book.asp?isbn=9780300080674
The Indian Hobbyist Movement in Europe.
By COLIN F. TAYLOR.
The term “Indian hobbyism” describes a wide range of nonprofessional interests in North American Indian culture.
More info here: http://staff.washington.edu/kbunn/Hobbyists.pdf
(Note: This book mentions "Grey Owl" / http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grey_Owl)
Crafting "the Indian": Knowledge, Desire and Play in Indianist reenactment
Thesis of Petra Tjitske Kalshoven – University of Manchester- 2012
In Europe, Indian hobbyism, or Indianism, has developed out of a strong fascination with Native American life in the 18th and 19thcenturies.
Les Nouveaux Indiens: Une Ethnographie Du Mouvement Indianophile
Book by Olivier Maligne – 2006
A travers l'exploration du monde méconnu de l'indianophilie, ce livre propose une réflexion sur les formes contemporaines de la culture et de l'identité.
