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| American Indians: Stereotypes and Realities | |
| Devon A. Mihesuah | Clarity Press, Inc., 152 pages, 24 illustrations, 1996 |
| The author, an award winning writer and associate professor of American Indian history at Northern Arizona University, authoritatively refutes two dozen stereotypic concepts about Native Peoples. Includes useful appendices suggesting proper teaching and research methods. | |
| American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children | |
| Arlene B. Hirshfelder | Scarecrow Press, Inc., Metuchen, NJ and London, 296 pp. , 1993 |
| One of the most important resources of its kind, this book covers a wide range of stereotyping that occurs in everything from mascots and toys to ersatz "Indian" youth clubs. An extensive bibliography is also included. | |
| Books on Images & Stereotypes of Native Americans |
| "The following are some of the many books in the University Library at USC which relate to the stereotyping of Native Americans." |
| Exiled in the Land of the Free: Democracy,Indian Nations and the U.S. Constitution | |
| Oren R. Lyons, et al, | Clear Light Publishers, Santa Fe, NM, 1992 |
| Very interesting and informative book that includes a section on monuments and statues that bear racist terms and historically myopic rhetoric. | |
| "I" is Not for Indian: The Portrayal of Indians in Books for Young People | |
| Compiled by Naomi Caldwell-Wood, President, AILA and Lisa A. Mitten, Secretary, AILA | American Indian Library Association June 29, 1991 |
| An in-depth and detailed item that covers stereotyping and is designed as an aid to educators searching for quality books by and about Indian peoples. This extensive article also includes a select bibliography of desirable and undesirable titles. This page is one of many useful resources found at at site maintained by Lisa Mitten, from the University of Pittsburgh. | |
| Playing Indian | |
| Phillip Deloria, Jr. | Yale University Press, 1998, 229 pp. |
| From the Boston Tea Party's "Sons of Liberty" to the Boy Scouts, this item offers a fascinating, scholarly look at the ways in which non-Native Americans have, for any number of purposes, adopted pseudo-"Indian" dress, traditions and personas. | |
| Shadows of the Indian: Stereotypes in American Culture | |
| Raymond William Stedman | Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1982 |
| Stereotypic portrayals of American Indians in the cinema are the primary focus of this item. | |
| Team Spirits: The Native American Mascots Controversy | |
| Edited by C. Richard King and Charles Fruehling Springwood | University of Nebraska Press, 2001 |
| A collection of fourteen essays that "interrogate the troubling uses of 'Indians' in athletics and recent efforts to challenge them." | |
| Tribes and Tribulations; Misconceptions About American Indians and Their Histories | |
| Lawrence Hauptman | University of New Mexico Press, 1996 |
| The author, a professor of American
studies at SUNY New Paltz and recognized authority on Haudenosaunee
(Iroquois) culture, has included an important biography of Louis Francis Sockalexis in this book. Sockalexis was the Penobscot man who is erroneously said to have inspired the Cleveland "Indians" nickname. Also found here is bio info on Harold Jay "Silverheels" Smith, another outstanding athlete who in the role of "Tonto" was one of the first American Indian actors in Hollywood. |
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| The White Man's Indian: Images of the American Indian | |
| Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. | Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY 261 pp., 1978 |
| A widely quoted resource book that documents the changing image of American Indians from Columbus forward. Also contains section on attitude surveys. | |