Wild Westing was the term used by Native Americans for their performing with Buffalo Bill's Wild West and similar shows.
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17 Facts About Wild Westing
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Wild Westing Westers received good wages, transportation, housing, abundant food, and gifts of cash and clothing at the end of each season.
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Wild Westing was very popular with the Lakota people and benefited their families and communities.
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Wild Westing offered opportunity and hope during time when people believed Native Americans were a vanishing race whose only hope for survival was rapid cultural transformation.
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In 1893, over two million patrons saw Buffalo Bill's Wild Westing West perform during the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
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Wild Westing Westers received good wages, transportation, housing, abundant food, and gifts of cash and clothing from Buffalo Bill at the end of each season.
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Wild Westing was very popular with the Lakota people and beneficial to their families and communities.
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Wild Westing was an act of passive resistance to oppressive Bureau of Indian Affairs policies.
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Wild Westing was a means for the Lakota to preserve their culture and religion.
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Wild Westing allowed individuals to draw their own conclusions and make decisions about their own lives.
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Between daily performances, Wild Westing Westers played games such as ping pong and dominoes, which they had adopted during European tours.
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Wild Westing westers educated the American and European public about Native American history and culture.
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The Wild Wester community was a diverse group, including US Army Indian Scouts from the Great Sioux War; famous prisoners of war such as Lakota Chief Sitting Bull, Ghost Dancers Kicking Bear and Short Bull; Apache Chief Geronimo; Carlisle Indian School students Luther Standing Bear and Frank C Goings; and Chiefs Iron Tail and Red Shirt, who became international celebrities.
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Since 1887, Wild Westing has been a family tradition with several hundred Pine Ridge families.
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Frank C Goings, the recruiting agent for Buffalo Bill and other Wild West shows at Pine Ridge, was a Carlisle alumnus and Wild Wester with experience as a performer, interpreter and chaperone.
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Carlisle Wild Westing Westers were attracted by the adventure, pay and opportunity and were hired as performers, chaperons, interpreters and recruiters.
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Exposition organizers assembled Wild Westing Westers representing different tribes who portrayed Native Americans as a "vanishing race" at "The Last Great Congress of the Red Man", brought together for the first and last time, apparently to commiserate before they all vanished.
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