Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides by Hillmer, Paul

Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides

In 1926, Harold Keltner, a YMCA Boys Work secretary from St. Louis, and Joe Friday, a member...
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Author: Paul Hillmer
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Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides by Hillmer, Paul

Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides

€40,18

Inappropriation: The Contested Legacy of Y-Indian Guides

€40,18
Author: Paul Hillmer
Format: Paperback
Language: English
In 1926, Harold Keltner, a YMCA Boys Work secretary from St. Louis, and Joe Friday, a member of the Canadian Ojibwe First Peoples, channeled white middle-class fascination with Native Americans into what became the Y-Indian Guides youth pro­gram, engaging over a half million participants across the nation at the height of its 77-year history. Intended to soften the stereo­typical stern father, the program traced a complicated thread of American history, touching upon themes of family, race, class, and privilege.

The Y-Indian Guides was a father-son (and later parent-child) program that encouraged real and enduring bonds through play and an authentic appreciation of family. While "playing Indian" seemed harmless to most participants during the pro­gram's heyday, Paul Hillmer and Ryan Bean demonstrate the problematic nature of its methods. In the process of seeking to admire and emulate Indigenous Peoples, Y-Indian Guide participants often misrepresented American Indians and reinforced harmful ste­reotypes. Ultimately, this history demonstrates many ways in which American culture undermines and harms its Indigenous communities.



Author: Paul Hillmer, Ryan Bean
Publisher: University of Missouri Press
Published: 08/01/2024
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780826223210

About the Author
Paul Hillmer is Professor Emeritus of History at Concordia University-St. Paul. He is the author of A People's History of the Hmong.

Ryan Bean is the YMCA Archives Program Director for the Kautz Family YMCA Archives at the University of Minnesota Libraries.

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