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The Consistency and Inconsistency of Cultural Oppression: American Indian Dance Bans, 1900–1933. (2013)
Journal Article
Treglia, G. (2013). The Consistency and Inconsistency of Cultural Oppression: American Indian Dance Bans, 1900–1933. The Western Historical Quarterly, 44(2), 145-166. https://doi.org/10.2307/westhistquar.44.2.0145

This article challenges the concept of a monolithic Bureau of Indian Affairs regarding assimilation policy and personnel by examining the rhetoric employed by policy makers to justify the Native American dance bans in the early twentieth century. It... Read More about The Consistency and Inconsistency of Cultural Oppression: American Indian Dance Bans, 1900–1933..

Using Citizenship to Retain Identity: The Native American Dance Bans of the Later Assimilation Era, 1900–1933. (2013)
Journal Article
Treglia, G. (2013). Using Citizenship to Retain Identity: The Native American Dance Bans of the Later Assimilation Era, 1900–1933. Journal of American Studies, 47(3), 777-800. https://doi.org/10.1017/s002187581200206x

From the 1880s until the early 1930s the US federal government adopted a formal policy of intolerance towards Native American cultures and religions, stemming primarily from the belief that traditional religio-cultural practices – especially dances –... Read More about Using Citizenship to Retain Identity: The Native American Dance Bans of the Later Assimilation Era, 1900–1933..

American Indian issues during reconstruction (2008)
Book Chapter
Treglia, G. (2008). American Indian issues during reconstruction. In J. Campbell, & R. Fraser (Eds.), Reconstruction: People and Perspectives (89-112). ABC-CLIO