Being Indian and Walking Proud: American Indian Identity and Reality [Paperback]

This book explores the identity of American Indians from an Indigenous perspective and how outside influences throughout history, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the twenty-first century, have affected Native people.

1. The Natural Man : The Noble Savage in Colonial America  2. The Only Good Indian is a Dead Indian : The Savage  3. It Was Only an Indian and It Did Not Matter : The Vanishing Race to Rez Indians  4. No Dogs or Indians Allowed! : Legal Indians, Blood Quantum and CDIB  5. My Grandmother Was a Cherokee Princess : Native Women  6. Kill the Indian in Him and Save the Man : Growing up and Church Going Indians  7. By the Shores of Gitche Gumee... : Indians in Literature  8. Kimo Sabe Means : Indians in Films and the Media  9. The White Man's Indian : The Urban Indian and Casino Indian  10. I'm Not Your Indian Anymore : The Indian Activist  11. Going Native : Self-Identification, Wannabes and Shouldabeens  12. The Bottom of the Totem Pole : The Indian Identity Crisis and Walking Tall

This book explores the identity of American Indians from an Indigenous perspective and how outside influences throughout history, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the twenty-first century, have affected Native people.

Non-Native writers, boarding school teachers, movie directors, bureaucrats, churches, and television have all heavily impacted how Indians are viewed in the United States. Drawing on the life experiences of many American Indian men and women, this volume reveals how American Indian identity comprises multiple identities, including thlSp