| Description |
xii, 388 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: 1. Introduction: Memoir, Exegesis 1 -- 2. The Indian Story: A Cultural Fiction 29 -- James A. Clifton -- 3. Pride and Prejudice: The Pocahontas Myth and the -- Pamunkey 49 -- Christian F. Feest -- 4. Squanto and the Pilgrims: On Planting Corn "in the -- manner of the Indians" 71 -- Lynn Ceci -- 5. A Sweet Small Something: Maple Sugaring in the New -- World 91 -- Carol I. Mason -- 6. The United States Constitution and the Iroquois League 107 -- Elisabeth Tooker -- 7. Mother Earth: An American Myth 129 -- Sam Gill -- 8. Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Was the Indian Really -- Egalitarian? 145 -- Leland Donald -- 9. Their Numbers Become Thick: Native American Historical -- Demography as Expiation 169 -- David Henige -- 10. Primal Gaia: Primitivists and Plastic Medicine Men 193 -- Alice B. Kehoe -- 11. A Legacy of Misperception and Invention: The Omaha -- Indians in Anthropology 211 -- R. H. Barnes -- 12. Validity Is Not Authenticity: Distinguishing Two -- Components of Truth 227 -- Richard de Mille -- 13. Ethical Advocacy Versus Propaganda: Canada's Indian -- Support Groups 255 -- John A. Price -- 14. Inside BIA: Or, "We're Getting Rid of All These Honkies" 271 -- Stephen E. Feraca -- 15. When Fictions Take Hostages 291 -- Allan van Gestel -- 16. Europe's Indians 313 -- Christian F. Feest -- 17. White Ghosts, Red Shadows: The Reduction of -- North-American Natives 333 -- Jean-Jacques Simard |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Indians of North America -- Government relations.
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Indians of North America -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion -- United States.
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Stereotypes (Social psychology) -- United States.
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| Author |
Clifton, James A.
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| LC no. |
89020676 |
| ISBN |
0887383416 |
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