1st Edition
The Invented Indian Cultural Fictions and Government Policies
Edited By James A. Clifton
Copyright 1990
400 Pages
by
Routledge
400 Pages
by
Routledge
388 Pages
by
Routledge
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This is an explosive collection of essays, written by leading scholars of North American Indians, most of them heavily involved in service and applied work, often on behalf of Indian clients, communities, and organizations. In an area saturated with deadening, consciously politicized orthodoxy, these seventeen essays aim at nothing less than the reconstruction of our understanding of the American... Read more
1: Introduction; 2: The Indian Story; 3: Pride and Prejudice; 4: Squanto and the Pilgrims; 5: A Sweet Small Something; 6: The United States Constitution and the Iroquois League; 7: Mother Earth; 8: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; 9: Their Numbers Become Thick; 10: Primal Gaia; 11: A Legacy of Misperception and Invention; 12: Validity Is Not Authenticity; 13: Ethical Advocacy Versus Propaganda; 14: Inside BIA; 15: When Fictions Take Hostages; 16: Europe’s Indians; 17: White Ghosts, Red Shadows
Biography
James A. Clifton
