American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities

AMERICAN INDIANS: STEREOTYPES & REALITIES

by Devon A. Mihesuah

ISBN: 0-932863-22-1, 1996,
152 pages, 24 illustrations, 1996
5th printing, 2001

"Professor Mihesuah goes beyond simply providing responses to common stereotypes. She provides the reader with assistance in efforts to improve understanding of her peoples. Each of the chapters provides solid information to challenge myths and stereotypes. Excellent photographs are interspersed throughout the book.... The implications of this book for social work practice are extensive... A valuable contribution"

Journal of Multicultural Social Work

"This book should be read by every educator and included in the collections of every school and university library."

Flagstaff Live, October 9, 1996.

"Mihesuah's work should be required reading for elemetary and upper level teachers,
college instructors and parents. Let us hope it finds a wide readership in mainstream circles."

Joel Monture, MultiCultural Review

American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities provides an informative and engaging Indian perspective on common misconceptions concerning American Indians which afflict public and even academic circles to this very day. Written in a highly accessible stereotype/reality format, it includes numerous illustrations and brief bibliographies on each topic PLUS these appendices:

* Do's and Don'ts for those who teach American Indian history and culture * Suggested Guidelines for Institutions which Scholars who Conduct Research on American Indians * Course outline for American Indian history and culture survey with suggested projects * Outline for course "American Indian Women in History" with extensive bibliography

An American Indian perspective on discrimination issues WIDELY ENDORSED BY AMERICAN INDIAN SCHOLARS

"Devon Mihesuah has provided precious insight into the racial identity and cultural struggles of American Indians as they strive to succeed in modern America. She has successfully challenged harmful stereotypes and racism in this significant book... If an accurate history is to be learned, then society must accept the truth of cultural pluralism and give equal and fair treatment to Native Americans and other minorities... As an American Indian and a university scholar of history, I applaud Devon Mihesuah for successfully confronting the literature of false portrayal and negative images of Indian people."

Dr. Donald L. Fixico, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo
(Shawnee, Sac & Fox, Creek, Seminole)

"A good sourcebook for dispelling misconceptions and negative stereotypes about American Indians. These beliefs and attitudes exist and these statements are made in academic settings. It is fortunate that there are professors like Devon Mihesuah in classrooms to present the "other side," perhaps only once in the lifetime of some students..."

Dr. Karen Swisher, Director, Center for Indian Education, Arizona State University
(Standing Rock Sioux)

This book should be used in classrooms across America, and sold wherever American Indian memorabilia are sold.

"A very useful book for clarifying many misbeliefs about Indians that Indians encounter from among the non-Indian population. Devon Mihesuah demonstrates considerable understanding of contemporary myths and stereotypes about American Indians. This book will be a very useful reader for anyone truly trying to understand who American Indians really are. There is no other book on Indian images that proves the Indian "voice" that Devon maintains throughout the text."

Dr. Duane Champagne, Director, UCLA American Indian Studies Center
Editor, American Indian Culture and Research Journal
(Turtle Mountain Chippewa)

"Amusing, and a helpful guide to general readers not that familiar with the national Indian community... The suggested readings are appropriate and the general style of presentation straight-forward and accessible."

Terry P. Wilson, Native American Studies, University of California, Berkeley (Potawatomie)

"Devon Mihesuah is one of the most gifted Native American scholars in the country today."

Robert A. Williams, Jr., Professor of Law, University of Arizona, Tucson (Lumbee)

Devon A Mihesuah is Professor of American Indian history at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff. She is author of Cultivating the Rosebuds: The Education of Women at the Cherokee Female Seminary, editor of the anthology Natives and Academics: Researching and Writing about American Indians, and author of numerous articles about the education of American Indians, Indian women, and the desecration of Indian burial sites. A member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Prof. Mihesuah is the recipient of grants and awards from the Ford Foundation, The Smithsonian Institution, and The American Council of Learned Societies. She is Editor of the American Indian Quarterly.

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