'It was almost... always supposed to be the Indian bar': the American Hotel as a contact zone

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dc.contributor.authorGelinas, Ryley M. G.
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorAlexander, Kristine
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-08T20:56:50Z
dc.date.available2024-04-08T20:56:50Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.description.abstractFrom the early 1960s, the American Hotel in Fort Macleod, Alberta was a space where individuals from the neighbouring Kainai and Piikani reserves interacted. This thesis examines how the American Hotel served as a contact zone between white settlers and other non-Indigenous peoples of Fort Macleod and Blackfoot peoples. Drawing on archival research and thirteen oral history interviews conducted with individuals from Fort Macleod and surrounding areas, this thesis explores (1) the history of the American Hotel as a contact zone and (2) the planning, curation, and reception of the museum exhibition Contact Zone: The American Hotel, which ran at the Galt Museum and Archives in Lethbridge from April to October 2023. Providing additional scholarship to the exhibition, this thesis details the sections of the exhibit and discusses the public reception before concluding with a discussion of colonial haunting in contact zones like the American Hotel.
dc.embargoNo
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/6731
dc.language.isoen
dc.proquest.subject0334
dc.proquest.subject0582
dc.proquestyesYes
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of History
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of History
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Science
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectcontact zones
dc.subjectintercultural relations
dc.subjectwhite settlers
dc.subjectIndigenous peoples
dc.subjectAmerican Hotel's clientele
dc.subjectlived experiences
dc.subjectsettler-Indigenous relations
dc.subjectAmerican Hotel, Fort Macleod, Alberta
dc.subject.lcshHistoric hotels--Alberta--Fort Macleod--History
dc.subject.lcshAmerican Hotel (Fort Macleod, Alta.)--History
dc.subject.lcshFort Macleod (Alta.)--Race relations--History--20th century
dc.subject.lcshIndigenous peoples--Alberta--Fort Macleod
dc.subject.lcshIntercultural communication
dc.subject.lcshCulture conflict
dc.subject.lcshCultural relations
dc.subject.lcshDissertations, Academic
dc.title'It was almost... always supposed to be the Indian bar': the American Hotel as a contact zone
dc.typeThesis
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