Historiography: Raibmon states in her introduction that she will be using three separate episodes to show authenticity. Do you feel that in some ways her arguments were one sided? Do all of her arguments have the Aboriginal culture being either put down or misrepresented in some way? More importantly do you think that Whites and Aboriginals were truly collaborators when it came to Aboriginal culture or do you think it was more of the Aboriginals being taken advantage of? (i.e. being forced to wear furs and given barely any money).
History: Is authenticity really the motive for all of the episodes and things that happen in the book. Can Raibmon really argue that authenticity was as important as civilization when it came to things such as the schooling in the third episode? Did authenticity make the cut when it came to making a living? I'm also not convinced that authenticity mattered when it came to tourism and such. Where the examples she gave strong in that area?
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