Title The newspaper Indian : Native American identity in the press, 1820-90 / John M. Coward

Published Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [1999] ©1999

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Description viii, 244 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series The history of communication History of communication. Contents Introduction: Indians, Ideology, and the Press -- 1. Discovery, Destiny, and Savagery: Imagining Indians in America -- 2. Romance and Rumor: The Indian in the Antebellum Press -- 3. Explaining Indian Removal -- 4. The Daily Rocky Mountain News and the Scandal of Sand Creek -- 5. The War in Words: Reporting the Fetterman Fight -- 6. The Making of an Indian Villain: Sitting Bull in War and Peace -- 7. Indian Reformers and the Idealized Indian -- Conclusion: The Newspaper Indian Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject Indians of North America -- Press coverage -- United States. Indians -- Press coverage -- United States. Journalism -- United States -- History -- 19th century. LC no. 98019663 ISBN 025202432X (cloth : alk. paper) 025206738X (paperback: alk. paper)

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