Christine Bold. “Vaudeville Indians” on Global Circuits, 1880s–1930s

Abstract

“Vaudeville Indians” on Global Circuits, 1880s– 1930s recovers five decades of vaudeville performers portraying “Indian” characters on North American and international stages. Drawing from archival research, Christine Bold focuses on the lives of eight vaudevillians, including Indigenous actors as well as non-Indigenous performers committing ethnic fraud to perform as “Indian” on popular stages.