"In the nine essays in this volume, Laurence M. Hauptman selects topics from the seventeenth century to the present as examples of some commonly held but erroneous views on Indian-white relations, including campaigns to pacify and christianize Indians, policies of removal, and stereotypes of Indians as mascots for sports teams or Hollywood film sidekicks." "Some misconceptions arise from mistaken claims that pass as fact, such as the notion that the...

Explores the contribution of thousands of Native American soldiers during the Civil War on both sides of the divide