| Book Review | The Western Historical Quarterly, 38.3

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Book Review

Authentic Indians: Episodes of Encounter from the Late-Nineteenth-Century Northwest Coast. By Paige Raibmon. (Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2005. xv + 307 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $22.95, paper.)

Following a recent public lecture about Native American history in the Pacific Northwest, an audience member asked me how many "pure" Indians remained in the region. Pure is simply another word for "authentic" or "real," but there is no simple answer to the question's tangle of problematic racial, cultural, and historical assumptions. Fortunately, I was able to recommend that everyone read Authentic Indians for a cogent discussion of popular ideas about "Indianness." Using three "episodes of encounter" from the late-nineteenth-century Northwest Coast, Canadian scholar Paige Raibmon presents a powerful critique of the discourse of authenticity with broad application to other historical settings as well as great contemporary relevance.

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