The Invented Indian : cultural fictions and government policies

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The Invented Indian : cultural fictions and government policies / edited by James A. Clifton.

Clifton, James A. (Added Author).

Bibliography, etc. Note:: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:: 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.