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Hide, or show, Native American between two poles (6)

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I believe the answer is:

screen

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'hide' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'american between two poles' is the wordplay.
'american' becomes 'cree' (Native American).
'between' is an insertion indicator.
'two poles' becomes 'sn' ().
'cree' inserted into 'sn' is 'SCREEN'.

'or show native' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for screen that I've seen before include "Room divider" , "Show a motion picture (of)" , "Sheltering row of trees" , "show on TV" , "Movable partition - cinema" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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