The Invented Indian : Cultural Fictions and Government Policies

List of Illustrations ix Acknowledgements xi Introduction: Memoir, Exegesis 1(28) The Indian Story: A Cultural Fiction 29(20) James A. Clifton Pride and Prejudice: The Pocahontas Myth and the Pamunkey 49(22) Christian F. Feest Squanto and the Pilgrims: On Planting Corn ``in the manner of the Indians'' 71(20) Lynn Ceci A Sweet Small Something: Maple Sugaring in the New World 91(16) Carol I. Mason The United States Constitution and the Iroquois League 107(22) Elisabeth Tooker Mother Earth: An American Myth 129(16) Sam Gill Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: Was the Indian Really Egalitarian? 145(24) Leland Donald Their Numbers Become Thick: Native American Historical Demography as Expiation 169(24) David Henige Primal Gaia: Primitivists and Plastic Medicine Men 193(18) Alice B. Kehoe A Legacy of Misperception and Invention: The Omaha Indians in Anthropology 211(16) R. H. Barnes Validity Is Not Authenticity: Distinguishing Two Components of Truth 227(28) Richard de Mille Ethical Advocacy Versus Propaganda: Canada's Indian Support Groups 255(16) John A. Price Inside BIA: Or, ``We're Getting Rid of All These Honkies'' 271(20) Stephen E. Feraca When Fictions Take Hostages 291(22) Allan van Gestel Europe's Indians 313(20) Christian F. Feest White Ghosts, Red Shadows: The Reduction of North-American Natives 333(38) Jean-Jacques Simard Appendix: Criticisms of Nonconformers 371(4) About the Authors 375(4) Index 379