Foreword / by Suzan Shown Harjo -- Introduction: The forgotten minority : how stereotypes marginalized the Indians -- Race and reality -- Why race matters -- The origin of race and racism -- In the beginning -- Conquistadors and cannibals -- The lasting testament of The last of the Mohicans -- Native Americans and atrocities : scalping, raping, and pillaging -- Barbarians, savages, braves, warriors, statesmen, and heroes -- Cooper's enduring influence -- Compulsory assimilation : Indian boarding schools -- The drunken Indian stereotype -- Indian casinos : winners and losers in the game of life -- Making stereotypes stick : Indians as cultural artifacts -- The contemporary Western novel and Native Americans -- Television, cowboys, and Indians -- Buffalo Bill, art, and Indians -- Native Americans in the modern media -- Proselytizers, do-gooders, voyeurs, and exploiters -- The final fight?
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