NMAI copy purchased with funds from the Lloyd and Charlotte Wineland Library Endowment for Native American and Western Exploration Literature.
Contents:
Indians, American Indian Studies and the depiction of indigenous peoples in American commercial cinema : an introduction / Steve Pavlik, M. Elise Marubbio, and Tom Holm -- Thank you, Adam Sandler & Co., for giving us a Native American Rosa Parks moment / Myrton Running Wolf -- Reconsidering America's errand : wilderness and "Indians" in cinema / Richard M. Wheelock -- Fighting the white man's fears (on the silver screen) : a look at the images of Native American servicemen in film / Richard Allen and Tom Holm -- The dys-passion of the Indian, or Tonto goes to town / Chadwick Allen -- Look at the heart of The searchers : the centrality of look to John Ford's commentary on racism / M. Elise Marrubio -- Searching for Pocahontas : the portrayal of an indigenous icon in Terence Malick's The new world / Steve Pavlik -- The four horsemen of Mel Gibson's epic Apocalypto : racism, violence, mendacity, and nonsense / Tom Holm -- Avatar : colonization marches on / Rose Roberts -- Through Indian eyes : programming Native American cinema / Jan-Christopher Horak -- "You have to define yourself as an Inuit person, if that's what you want to do" : an interview with Andres Okpeaha MacLean / Joanna Hearne, Jacqueline Land, and Andrew Okpeaha MacLean
Summary:
"A timely and much-needed analysis and critique of Hollywood's representation of Native Americans in mainstream films"--Provided by publisher.
