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The archive provides users tools to analyze and explore representations of American Indian performers through text. These tools, including concept highlighting and textual analysis, allow users to develop their own understanding of the ways Progressives variously depicted American Indians and their role in the Wild West Exhibition as well as American society.

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Title Source Date
THE INDIAN ACTORS. Washington Post September 24, 1878
The "Wild West" Combination. Washington Post July 5, 1884
PLENTY OF "WILD WEST" ENTHUSIASM. Washington Post June 23, 1885
The Wild West Visits the War Department in War Paint. Wheeling Register June 28, 1885
AROUND AN EAGLE FEATHER. Washington Post September 27, 1886
SUCCESS AT ERASTINA. New York Times February 20, 1888
BUFFALO BILL ON THE INDIAN. Washington Post July 25, 1888
THE WILD WEST SHOW. Philadelphia Inquirer August 21, 1888
WILL NOT SIGN. San Jose Mercury News August 4, 1889
Don't Agree With Them. Wheeling Register June 16, 1890
Buffalo Bill's Wild West Indians. Washington Post August 5, 1890
NO MORE INDIANS FOR WILD WEST SHOWS. Chicago Daily Tribune October 1, 1890
PAINTED HORSE Aberdeen Daily News November 11, 1890
SHOW INDIANS BADLY ABUSED Philadelphia Inquirer November 11, 1890
ARRIVAL OF BUFFALO BILL'S INDIANS. The Sun November 14, 1890
INDIANS WELL TREATED. New York Times November 16, 1890
THE BUFFALO BILL CHIEFS. Salt Lake Tribune November 20, 1890
COL. CODY GETS HIS INDIANS. New York Times March 4, 1891
WILL ACCOMPANY "BUFFALO BILL." Chicago Daily Tribune March 14, 1891
MISS COLLINS ATTACKS COL. CODY. Chicago Daily Tribune March 17, 1891
LO'S PLACE IS AT HOME. Chicago Daily Tribune March 17, 1891
WHAT PRESIDENT HARRISON SAID. Chicago Daily Tribune March 17, 1891
Buffalo Bill's Injuns. Bismarck Tribune March 31, 1891
Indians for Buffalo Bill. Idaho Statesman March 31, 1891
WILL HAVE NO "WILD WEST" SHOW. Chicago Daily Tribune April 24, 1892
BUFFALO BILL INDIANS. New York Times April 24, 1892
INDIANS MAKE THEIR COMPLAINTS New York Times October 4, 1895
RED MAN'S TROUBLES AIRED Omaha World Herald October 5, 1895
LIMMINGS. Omaha World Herald April 8, 1899
INDIANS GUESTS OF HONOR. New York Times April 15, 1899
THE INDIAN AS A GENTLEMAN. New York Times April 23, 1899
BUFFALO BILL'S SURPRISE. The Sun August 3, 1899
INDIANS ON THE EAST TRACK Omaha World Herald August 29, 1899
RICH DAY FOR EXPOSITION Omaha World Herald September 18, 1899
BUFFALO BILL'S SHOW DRAWS Omaha World Herald September 19, 1899
NO MORE WILD WEST SHOWS. New York Times December 23, 1899
Cody Combats Jones. Duluth News December 25, 1899
COL. CODY WANTS HIS INDIANS The Sun December 25, 1899
Buffalo Bill Will Protest Aberdeen Daily News December 26, 1899
BUFFALO BILL ENTERS PROTEST Washington Post December 29, 1899
A Buffalo Bill Indian Dead. New York Times June 29, 1900
"BUFFALO BILL" IS HERE. Chicago Daily Tribune August 27, 1900
INDIANS IN THE WILD WEST SHOW New York Times February 21, 1901
COLONEL WILLIAM F. CODY – – – BUFFALO BILL. Dallas Morning News July 20, 1901
INDIANS IN ENGLAND. New York Times November 2, 1903
SIOUX INDIANS DIE IN THE RAILROAD WRECK Omaha World Herald April 8, 1904
Buffalo Bill Returns. Washington Post October 29, 1904
BUFFALO BILL'S INDIANS RETURN Wilkes-Barre Times November 29, 1905
IRON HEART'S BAND BACK. New York Times November 30, 1905
WH–O–O–OP! IRON TAIL AND HIS BRAVES COME New York Times February 8, 1906
EASY TO CARE FOR 100 INDIANS. Kansas City Star November 27, 1906
BECOMING CIVILIZED. Washington Post April 16, 1907
BUFFALO BILL'S INDIANS HERE New York Times April 14, 1908
WILD WEST CHIEFS INITIATED. New York Times April 18, 1908
Big Chief Sees Buffalo Bill. New York Times April 29, 1908