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In August 1880, businessman Adrian Jakobsen convinced eight Inuit men, women, and children from Hebron and Nakvak, Labrador to accompany him to Europe to be "exhibited" in zoos and Völkerschauen (ethnographic shows). Abraham, Maria, Noggasak, Paingo, Sara, Terrianiak, Tobias, and Ulrike agreed, partly for the money and partly out of curiosity to see the wonders of Europe, which they had heard about from Moravian missionaries. The Inuit arrived in the fall of 1880 and were much talked and written about in the local press. Meanwhile, the Moravian missionaries, who had begged them not to embark on

"It's about the European fascination with the Indigenous peoples of North America and includes Indigenous responses to that phenomenon. The volume connects German Studies with Indigenous Studies to show how 'Indianthusiasm' creates barriers as well as opportunities for Indigenous peoples with German people and in Germany."--