Under such extreme circumstances of colonial appropriation, coupled with the advent of the market economy, it is astounding that the Indians survived the onslaught of cultural tourism. New Mexican architecture and more particularly the Santa Fe Style have largely copied Pueblo vernacular. This paper also questions the intrusiveness and long-term impact of the “tourist gaze” upon Indians viewed at the train stations or in “Indian villages” set up in hotels or tourist destinations. He lamented the fact that Indians catering to the tourist industry postponed their assimilation as productive members of the American society. Indian Commissioner Charles Burke issued numerous circulars to the Superintendents with strict rules concerning the exhibition of Indianness. However, the wishes of the tourists clashed with the federal assimilation policies. The primitive way of life was not perceived by the tourists as being negative but as an escape from the pervasiveness of industry and urbanization. Pueblos 1 ), and the pre-industrial lifestyle of their inhabitants contributed to the tourists’ experience of Otherness. The authentic setting, the historic villages (i.e. In the late 19 th century and the first decades of the 20 th century the culture of leisure came to New Mexico and Indian Detours were organized for the “Anglo” tourists eager to witness the exotic (and so-called primitive) cultures within the United States.
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