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Title

"All the real Indians died off" : and 20 other myths about Native Americans / Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker.

Author

Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne, 1938-

Publication

Boston : Beacon Press, [2016]

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Additional Authors

Gilio-Whitaker, Dina

Description

xi, 208 pages; 22 cm

Summary

Scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history. Tracing how these ideas evolved, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as: "Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed Pilgrims", "Indians Were Savage and Warlike", "Europeans Brought Civilization to Backward Indians", "Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans", "Most Indians Are on Government Welfare", "Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich", and "Indians Are Naturally Predisposed to Alcohol. Each chapter shows how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudice of European settlers and in the larger political agendas of a settler state aimed at acquiring Indigenous land.

Subject

• Indians of North America > Historiography
• SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
• HISTORY / Native American

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-208).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

All the real Indians died off -- Indians were the first immigrants to the western hemisphere -- Columbus discovered America -- Thanksgiving proves the Indians welcomed the pilgrims -- Indians were savage and warlike -- Indians should move on and forget the past -- Europeans brought civilization to the backward Indians -- The United States did not have a policy of genocide -- US presidents were benevolent or at least fair-minded toward Indians -- The only real Indians are full-bloods, and they are dying off -- The United States gave Indians their reservations -- Indians are wards of the state -- Sports mascots honor Native Americans -- Native American culture belongs to all Americans -- Most Indians are on government welfare -- Indian casinos make them all rich -- Indians are anti-science -- Indians are naturally predisposed to alcoholism -- What's the problem with thinking of Indian women as princesses or squaws? -- Native Americans can't agree on what to be called -- Indians are victims and deserve our sympathy.

ISBN

• 9780807062654 (paperback)
• 0807062650 (paperback)
• 9780807062661 (e-book)
• 0807062669 (e-book)

LCCN

^^2016003644

OCLC

934676611

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library