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• ISBN: 0810836122 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780810836129 (cloth : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 0810836130 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• ISBN: 9780810836136 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• Physical Description: xvi, 343 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
• Edition: 2nd ed. / Arlene Hirschfelder, Paulette Fairbanks Molin, Yvonne Wakim ; [foreword by Michael A. Dorris].
• Publisher: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 1999.

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Children's impressions of American Indians : a survey of suburban kindergarten and fifth grade children : conclusions / League of Womem Voters -- The emergence of the Plains Indian as the symbol of the North American Indian / John C. Ewers -- What's correct? American Indian or Native American? / Arlene Hirschfelder -- Lethal consequences : stereotyping American Indians in the military / Paulette Fairbanks Molin -- Introduction to American Indian authors for young readers / Mary Gloyne Byler -- Feathers, tomahawks and tipis : a study of stereotyped "Indian" imagery in children's picture books / Robert B. Moore and Arlene B. Hirschfelder -- The Sign of the beaver : the problem and the solution / Sanda Cohen -- Textbooks and Native Americans / Council on Interracial Books for Children -- Misrepresentations of the Alaskan Natives in social studies texts currently in use in the United States including Alaska : a preliminary report / Department of Education, University of Alaska College, Alaska, March 14, 1969 -- The treatment of Iroquois Indians in selected American history textbooks / Arlene B. Hirschfelder -- Arctic survival : inaccurate textbooks create igloo myths in Alaska / Howard Rock -- Toys with Indian imagery / Arlene B. Hirschfelder with illustrations by Leslie Frank McKeon -- Why one can't ignore Pocahontas / Cornel Pewewardy -- American Indian mascots in sports / Paulette Fairbanks Molin -- Stanford removes Indian symbol : student petition gains support -- Recapturing stolen media images : Indians are not mascots or logos ; From subhuman to superhuman : the evolution of American Indian images in comic books / Cornel Pewewardy -- The Y-Indian Guide and Y-Indian Princess program / Beatty Brasch -- Columbus in the classroom / Bill Bigelow -- The Thanksgiving epidemic / Kathy Kerner -- Indian artists rescue the truth / Paulette Fairbanks Molin -- Indian film and video makers rescue the truth / Beverly Singer -- Bibliography. Stereotyping of Native Americans ; "Corrective" materials ; Columbus Day and Thanksgiving ; Anthologies of poetry and prose ; Collections of interviews and personal accounts by contemporary Native Americans ; Catalogs and curriculum ; Audiovisual resources ; Newspapers and magazines / Yvonne Wakim -- Web sites about Native Americans.

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Indians of North America > Public opinion.
Race awareness in children.
Public opinion > United States.
Textbook bias > United States.
Indians in popular culture > United States.