I'm an Indian Too

"I'm an Indian Too"is asongfrom the1946 musicalAnnie Get Your Gun,byIrving Berlin.It was originally performed byEthel Merman.^[1]It is sung by the main character Annie after Sitting Bull adopts her into the Sioux tribe.

It is typical of mid-20th-century views ofNative Americans,and is sometimes consideredracistand demeaning from a contemporary perspective, although others see it as a mildlysatiricalattack onracial stereotyping.Native Americans did protest outside the New York theatre, as well as movie theaters, holding picket signs stating: "Don't See" Annie Get Your Gun ". As a result of this reaction, many contemporary productions have omitted the song from their revivals,^[2]and the protests stopped.

In 1979, the song was remixed and released as a dance track bydiscoartistDon Armando.^[3]

Other singers to have recorded the song includeDoris Day(for the 1963 albumAnnie Get Your Gun),Judy GarlandandBetty Hutton.^[4]

References

^Kellow, Brian (2007).Ethel Merman: A Life.Viking. p.108.ISBN 978-0-670-01829-1.
^Lahr, John (1 April 2002).Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles.University of California Press. p. 154.ISBN 978-0-520-23377-5.
^Black Music & Jazz Review.IPC Specialist & Professional Press. May 1980.
^Schechter, Scott (1 January 2006).Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 160.ISBN 978-1-58979-300-2.

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[1] Kellow, Brian (2007).Ethel Merman: A Life.Viking. p.108.ISBN 978-0-670-01829-1.

[2] Lahr, John (1 April 2002).Show and Tell: New Yorker Profiles.University of California Press. p. 154.ISBN 978-0-520-23377-5.

[3] Black Music & Jazz Review.IPC Specialist & Professional Press. May 1980.

[4] Schechter, Scott (1 January 2006).Judy Garland: The Day-by-Day Chronicle of a Legend.Rowman & Littlefield. p. 160.ISBN 978-1-58979-300-2.

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v t e Annie Get Your Gun
Characters	Annie Oakley Frank Butler Chief Sitting Bull Buffalo Bill Pawnee Bill
Adaptations	Annie Get Your Gun(film) Annie du Far-West(operetta)
Recordings	Annie Get Your Gun(1963) Annie Get Your Gun - 1986 London Cast(1986)
Music	"Doin' What Comes Natur'lly" "The Girl That I Marry" "You Can't Get a Man with a Gun" "There's No Business Like Show Business" "They Say It's Wonderful" "Moonshine Lullaby" "My Defenses Are Down" "I'm an Indian Too" "I Got Lost in His Arms" "Who Do You Love, I Hope?" "I Got the Sun in the Mornin'" "Anything You Can Do"