Perea Chapter 5: Native American Jazz

One of the overreaching themes in this chapter is the idea of the "unexpected."  Perea discusses in great detail the primitive stereotype that Native Americans are labeled with and and analyzed how it appears in a jazz or big band swing style musical number in the Betty Boop cartoon.  In the cartoon, the primitive stereotype is apparent after the Native Americans are shown misusing western instruments.  This cartoon, along with many others, laid the foundation for the common belief that Native Americans could not participate in Western music and that they were, and always would be, primitive.  Therefore, when Native American jazz artists began producing music, it was "unexpected"because Americans only associated Native Americans with typical sounding Native American music and instruments, as shown through the Betty Boop cartoon.  The manner in which Native Americans were introduced to jazz is intriguing, because it can be viewed as forced assimilation.  Native Americans were introduced to western music in boarding schools, where they were basically forced to learn how to play western musical instruments so that they could engage in western music.  Many famous Native American jazz artist, such as Russell "Big Chief" Moore, learned how to play western instruments while away at boarding school.  My question is how do Native American jazz musicians blend traditional American jazz styles with traditional Native American styles, if at all?  Is traditional Native American music completely lost, or is it blended in hybrid form?