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AlterNatives in Contemporary First Nations and Métis Narratives: Preliminary Considerations

Alternate Title
Canadian Studies in Europe ; v. 10
European Seminar for Graduate Students in Canadian Studies ; 19th
Interpreting Canada: New Perspectives from Europe
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Anna Mongibello
Discusses how works by writers Jeanette Armstrong, Beth Brant, Maria Campbell, and Lee Maracle challenge mainstream representations of "Indians". Excerpt from Interpreting Canada: New Perspectives from Europe edited by Luigi Bruti Liberati. Entire volume on one pdf. To access this paper, scroll to p. 125.
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The American Indian in the Great War: Real and Imagined [Part One, Chapter Three]

Alternate Title
Chapter III: Portraying the Indian
Part I: The Road to War
The Road to War: Portraying the Indian
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Diane Camurat
Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII. Content includes: Inventing the Indian and Representing Him from the First Encounters to the Civil War, and Various Images of the Indian: 1860-1917.
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The American Indian in the Great War: Real and Imagined [Part Two, Chapter Three]

Alternate Title
Chapter III: American Indian Symbols in WWI
Part II: WWI and Its Consequences
WWI and Its Consequences: American Indian Symbols in WWI
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Diane Camurat
Master's Thesis submitted in 1993 to the Institut Charles V of the University of Paris VII. Content includes: The "Redskins" Against the "Huns", and Visual Representations.
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American Indian Intellectualism and the New Indian Story

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 20, no. 1, Winter, 1996, pp. 57-76
Discusses representations and themes in various genres of literature involving Aboriginal characters.
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American Indian Issues: An Introductory and Curricular Guide for Educators

Alternate Title
Wild Rivers Teaching American History Project
Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
[Gayle Olson-Raymer
Anne Hartline
Sophie Huntington
David Riesenfeld]

Contains links to historical overview and nine lesson plans, including: Mascots, Symbols, and Name; Federal Indian Policy: Historical Roots and 19th Century Policies; Indian Boarding Schools; Red Power; and American Indian Tribal Gaming.

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The American Indian Mascot

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Carol Huben
Shows how harmful mascots are to the American Indian people. Capstone Experience Manuscript--Commonwealth Honors College, 2011.
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American Indian Theatre and Performance

Alternate Title
The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Courtney Elkin Mohler
Defines the genre, provides a brief historical background, looks at the Trickster character, and comments on stereotypes. Chapter from The Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Indian Issues Today, Volume 1 edited by Russell M. Lawson.
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American Indian Tribes in the United States: A Strange Situation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Thomas Brasdefer
Indigenous Policy Journal, vol. 22, no. 4, Special Issue of Indigenous Policy: Anthropology, Archaeology and Litigation - Alaska Style, Spring, 2012, pp. 1-9
Looks at legal definition in the United States for Indian tribe, the current issues in Indian country, and how to put Native America back on the map.
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[American Indians and Popular Culture]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Levin Arnsperger
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 2, Spring, 2014, pp. 262-265
Book review of: American Indians and Popular Culture: Vol. 1, Media, Sports and Politics, Vol. 2. Literature, Arts, and Resistance edited by Elizabeth DeLaney Hoffman.
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American Indians and the Mass Media

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Dean Rader
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4, Fall, 2012, pp. 294-295
Book review of: American Indians and the Mass Media by Meta G. Carstarphen and John P. Sanchez.
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[American Indians and the Mass Media]

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Cristina L. Azocar
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 38, no. 1, Winter, 2014, pp. 122-125
Book review of: American Indians and the Mass Media edited by Meta G. Carstarphen and John P. Sanchez.
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American Indians in the News: A Media Portrayal in Crime Articles

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Adrienne Freng
American Indian Culture & Research Journal, vol. 31, no. 1, 2007, pp. 21-37
Explores printed media coverage of Native Americans to determine whether racial and or ethnicity profiling differs from others and whether it contributes to stereotyping.
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American Indians of the Pacific Northwest

Web Sites » Organizations
Author/Creator
University of Washington Libraries
Database with over 2300 original photographs complemented by essays and maps, 1500 pages from the Annual Reports of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs (USA), and six Treaties.
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American Indians: The Image of the Indian

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Brian W. Dippie

Discusses historical representations of Indigenous peoples such as the noble and ignoble savage, the assumptions underpinning these concepts, and debates among historians about stereotypes and makes suggestions for guiding classroom discussions.

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Americans and Other Aliens in the Navajo Historical Imagination in the Nineteenth Century

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
William H. Lyon
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 24, no. 1, Winter, 2000, pp. 142-161
Author attempts to imagine the ways that the Navajo people would have viewed others by considering Diné stories, historical events in which the Navajo expressed ideas about or initiated actions towards other peoples, and the words of Navajo spokespersons.
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Angela: A Pedagogical Story and Conversation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nathalie A. C. Piquemal
Sandra G. Kouritzin
Multicultural Education, vol. 10, no. 3, Spring, 2003, pp. 33-42
Looks at the overgeneralized misconceptions about Aboriginal people in the educational system.
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Another Fine Example of the Oral Tradition? Identification and Subversion in Sherman Alexie’s Smoke Signals

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jhon Warren Gilroy
Studies in American Indian Literatures, vol. 13, no. 1, Series 2; Representations of American Indians in Contemporary Narrative Fiction Film , Spring, 2001, pp. [23]-42
Contends that the film creates an intersection or "frontier" where the Aboriginal and the non-Aboriginal worlds meet, and in so doing subverts commonly held perceptions and attitudes. Entire issue on one pdf. To access article, scroll down to appropriate page.
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Anthropology, Art and Contest

Alternate Title
Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jeremy MacClancy
Introduction to themes in the volume which include: anti-colonialism, anti-racism; painting propaganda, picturing power; individuals, groups, categories; art as property; concepts and objects; and the marketing of art. Chapter 1 from Contesting Art: Art, Politics, and Identity in the Modern World edited by Jeremy MacClancy.
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