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Westernaires reenact history with Native American costumes and whoops. Critics say the depictions have no place in a modern West.

Beloved nonprofit’s portrayals of Indigenous dance, Battle of Little Bighorn fuel debate over Western traditions

Elizabeth Hernandez in Denver on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025. (Photo by Hyoung Chang/The Denver Post)
By | ehernandez@denverpost.com | The Denver Post
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Members of the Westernaires' interpretive Indian dancing group perform during the group's "Horsecapades" annual fundraising show at the National Western Complex's events center on Oct. 19, 2024, in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
Members of the Westernaires’ interpretive Indian dancing group perform during the group’s “Horsecapades” annual fundraising show at the National Western Complex’s events center on Oct. 19, 2024, in Denver. (Photo By Kathryn Scott/Special to The Denver Post)
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The Westernaires’ internal debate over their characterization of Native culture and history illustrates the complicated and changing relationship Colorado has to its Western traditions.
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