The Invented Indian
Subtitle: cultural fictions and government policies
By: edited by James A. Clifton.
Contributors: Clifton, James A.
Edition: 1st paperback ed.
Publisher: Transaction Publishers
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
Subjects: Indians of North America -- Public opinion.; Indians of North America -- Government relations.; Public opinion -- United States.; Stereotype (Psychology) -- United States.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The Indian story : a cultural fiction / James A. Clifton; title: Pride and prejudice : the Pocahontas myth and the Pamunkey / Christian F. Feest; title: Squanto and the Pilgrims : on planting corn "in the manner of the Indians" / Lynn Ceci; title: A sweet small something : maple sugaring in the New World / Carol I. Mason; title: The United States Constitution and the Iroquois League / Elisabeth Tooker; title: Mother Earth : an American myth / Sam Gill; title: Liberty, equality, fraternity : was the Indian really egalitarian? / Leland Donald; title: Their numbers become thick : Native American historical demography as expiation / David Henige; title: Primal Gaia : primitivists and plastic medicine men / Alice B. Kehoe; title: A legacy of misperception and invention : the Omaha Indians in anthropology / R.H. Barnes.; title: Validity is not authenticity : distinguishing two components of truth / Richard de Mille; title: Ethical advocacy versus propaganda : Canada's Indian support groups / John A. Price; title: Inside BIA : or, "we're getting rid of all these honkies" / Stephen E. Feraca; title: When fictions take hostages / Allan van Gestel; title: Europe's Indians / Christian F. Feest; title: White ghosts, red shadows : the reduction of North-American natives / Jean-Jacques Simard.