Page 254 - Confronting Race Women and Indians on the Frontier, 1815 - 1915

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the site, tourists do not. Consequently, nothing at O j o Caliente has been
trashed or vandalized. The site stands as a reminder of white
intransigence and Indian tragedy.
The lesson of Vic to rio, Lozen, and O j o Caliente-indeed, of all
negative product-is that the time has come to bring the experiences
and lessons of contact between white women and American Indians to
some kind of f r uition. Neutralizing negative product more than has
occurred to date is the only way to prevent the dark side of the fr on­
tier f r om living on in the twenty-first century.