hepplerj/showindians

Digital History project on oskate wicasa.

Oskate Wicasa

A digital history project on Show Indians and Buffalo Bill's Wild West.

showindians's Issues

Revisions to the Introduction

Revise to:

• situate research questions on treatment
• why important to understand Cody's evolving attitude and prevailing attitudes about Indian people that he received and amplified.

Revisions to Conclusion

Does Cody reflect progressive themes, or does he push for these? Is BIA becoming more progressive and he's reacting to that; or, does he push these things forward?

BBWW a good experience for Native people?

Voyant: KWIC from Autobiography (what he's saying in 1879?)

Revisions to Theme: Wild West as Advocate

• Newpaper publicity and Indian imagery: show advertisement posters, programs, Acts

Revisions to Theme: Cody's Progressivism

• New visualizations to include?
• Is Cody progressive? Can we consider this? In what ways? Revisit the letters and newspapers.
• How has Cody fit into the progressive Indian reform story? Why would they choose to perform?
• Contracts? How the Wild West used them on the surface and behind the scenes.

Revisions to Data and Methods

• replace text analysis section

Concept Map

• Revise concept map with new content
• Update the color scheme of the concept map to be more user friendly

Posters

• Change gallery to an exhibit to sort by themes, etc.

Contracts

• Check out KnightLab Juxtaposition app for the contracts view

Topic Modeling

• Use Word Vectors to interpret texts
• Update topic models

Database

• Look into a better view; searchable database
• Link to the contracts?
• Provide Shelly Buffalo Calf w/ list of Show Indians and connect w/ personography

Expand on progressivism historiography

Expand US progressivism historiography to emphasize how progressivism impacted Cody in practice.

What about ethnographic exhibitions, world fairs, etc. generally? People need to be conditioned to want to pay for these things.