Submission Of Entire 2006 Conference Paper

This document provides an abstract for a paper analyzing Arthur Kopit's play "Indians" through an ethnohistorical lens. The abstract discusses how Kopit uses some ethnohistorical methodologies to dramatize Native American history and experiences with colonization in the US in the late 19th century without claiming to present a strictly factual version of events. It also addresses how the play comments on the American hero myth and employs humor and fictionalization to avoid creating a documentary-style retelling of history.