{"product_id":"all-the-real-indians-died-off-isbn-9780807062654","title":"\"All the Real Indians Died Off\"","description":"\u003cb\u003eUnpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and drawing from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Columbus Discovered America”\u003cbr\u003e“Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed Pilgrims”\u003cbr\u003e“Indians Were Savage and Warlike”\u003cbr\u003e“Europeans Brought Civilization to Backward Indians”\u003cbr\u003e“The United States Did Not Have a Policy of Genocide”\u003cbr\u003e“Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans”\u003cbr\u003e“Most Indians Are on Government Welfare”\u003cbr\u003e“Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich”\u003cbr\u003e“Indians Are Naturally Predisposed to Alcohol”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach chapter deftly shows how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudice of European settlers and in the larger political agendas of a settler state aimed at acquiring Indigenous land and tied to narratives of erasure and disappearance. Accessibly written and revelatory, \u003ci\u003e“All the Real Indians Died Off”\u003c\/i\u003e challenges readers to rethink what they have been taught about Native Americans and history.\u003ci\u003eAuthors’ Note\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 1: “All the Real Indians Died Off”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 2: “Indians Were the First Immigrants to the Western Hemisphere”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 3: “Columbus Discovered America”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 4: “Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed the Pilgrims”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 5: “Indians Were Savage and Warlike”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 6: “Indians Should Move On and Forget the Past”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 7: “Europeans Brought Civilization to the Backward Indians”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 8: “The United States Did Not Have a Policy of Genocide”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 9: “US Presidents Were Benevolent or at Least Fair-Minded Toward Indians”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 10: “The Only Real Indians Are Full-Bloods, and They Are Dying Off”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 11: “The United States Gave Indians Their Reservations”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 12: “Indians Are Wards of the State”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 13: “Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 14: “Native American Culture Belongs to All Americans”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 15: “Most Indians Are on Government Welfare”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 16: “Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 17: “Indians Are Anti-Science”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 18: “Indians Are Naturally Predisposed to Alcoholism”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 19: “What’s the Problem with Thinking of Indian Women as Princesses or Squaws?”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 20: “Native Americans Can’t Agree on What to Be Called”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMYTH 21: “Indians Are Victims and Deserve Our Sympathy”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHistorical Time Line\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003c\/i\u003e“Dunbar-Ortiz and Gilio-Whitaker admirably aim to explode popular, damaging, and inherently limiting myths about Native Americans, continuing the work begun in Dunbar-Ortiz’s well-received \u003ci\u003eAn Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003e‘All the Real Indians Died Off’ And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans\u003c\/i\u003e offers a much-needed and excellent introduction to American Indian history and contemporary life for a broad audience.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAgainst the Current\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“I have been looking for a text for our Intro to Native American Studies course that touches on the themes of history, genocide, cultural appropriation, and legal relationship between the United States and indigenous people that would be comprehensible by freshmen. I have finally found it...I cannot wait to teach it.”\u003cbr\u003e—Kerri J. Malloy, lecturer in the Department of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University\u003cb\u003eRoxanne Dunbar-Ortiz\u003c\/b\u003e, a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author, grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including \u003ci\u003eAn Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States\u003c\/i\u003e, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award. She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at reddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDina Gilio-Whitaker\u003c\/b\u003e (Colville Confederated Tribes) is an award-winning journalist and columnist at Indian Country Today Media Network. A writer and researcher in Indigenous studies, she is currently a research associate and associate scholar at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. She lives in San Clemente, CA.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303860523237,"sku":"NP9780807062654","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807062654.jpg?v=1767721305","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/all-the-real-indians-died-off-isbn-9780807062654","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}