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How did local color writing about the legendary West by writers such as Owen Wister, Mary Austin, and Jack London compare with native American writings by Zitkala–Ša (also known as Gertrude Bonnin), Ohiyesa, and Sarah Winnemucca in their characters’ relationship to the land?
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Westerns romanticized cowboys and gold miners as they exploited the landscape; native writing sadly recorded the loss of the land to the influx of American settlers. Westerns of this period romanticized attacks on natives as a crusade against infidels, while native writings offered an ideal of coexistence with white settlers. Westerns tried to depict the psychological effects of the frontier on the individual cowboy’s perspective, while native writings drew from tribal traditions to give a communal meaning to events. Westerns attempted to debunk the heroic myth of the Old West by depicting cowboys as humble caretakers of the land; native writings portrayed cowboys more realistically as their unthinking enemies.skip question » Ask a friend
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