The Invented Indian : cultural fictions and government policies /

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Other Authors: Clifton, James A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J., U.S.A. : Transaction Publishers, c1990.
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Table of Contents:
  • The Indian story : a cultural fiction / James A. Clifton
  • Pride and prejudice : the Pocahontas myth and the Pamunkey / Christian F. Feest
  • Squanto and the Pilgrims : on planting corn "in the manner of the Indians" / Lynn Ceci
  • A sweet small something : maple sugaring in the New World / Carol I. Mason
  • The United States Constitution and the Iroquois League / Elisabeth Tooker
  • Mother Earth : an American myth / Sam Gill
  • Liberty, equality, fraternity : was the Indian really egalitarian? / Leland Donald
  • Their numbers become thick : Native American historical demography as expiation / David Henige
  • Primal Gaia : primitivists and plastic medicine men / Alice B. Kehoe
  • A legacy of misperception and invention : the Omaha Indians in anthropology / R.H. Barnes.
  • Validity is not authenticity : distinguishing two components of truth / Richard de Mille
  • Ethical advocacy versus propaganda : Canada's Indian support groups / John A. Price
  • Inside BIA : or, "we're getting rid of all these honkies" / Stephen E. Feraca
  • When fictions take hostages / Allan van Gestel
  • Europe's Indians / Christian F. Feest
  • White ghosts, red shadows : the reduction of North-American natives / Jean-Jacques Simard.