The Pretend Indians: Images of Native Americans in the MoviesGretchen M. Bataille, Charles L. P. Silet Iowa State University Press, 1980 - 202 pages |
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Page xxiv
... screen . The Indian conflicts of the nineteenth century had been settled to the advantage of the United States , and American In- dians were condemned to reservations . The use of the Indian as a subject for the films was successful and ...
... screen . The Indian conflicts of the nineteenth century had been settled to the advantage of the United States , and American In- dians were condemned to reservations . The use of the Indian as a subject for the films was successful and ...
Page 65
... screen , they are all in neat blue uniforms , their officers carry sabres , and their rifles are not the carbines of the Seventh Cavalry . As any veteran of the Indian wars can tell you , the soldiers wore anything that would keep them ...
... screen , they are all in neat blue uniforms , their officers carry sabres , and their rifles are not the carbines of the Seventh Cavalry . As any veteran of the Indian wars can tell you , the soldiers wore anything that would keep them ...
Page 141
... screen . Coop respects his prey and would prefer not to hunt him , but like all white screen sheriffs he is better at the Indian game than the Indian . After cornering his man , the sheriff offers a rifle duel which Willie accepts even ...
... screen . Coop respects his prey and would prefer not to hunt him , but like all white screen sheriffs he is better at the Indian game than the Indian . After cornering his man , the sheriff offers a rifle duel which Willie accepts even ...
Contents
Myth and Literature in a New World | 5 |
The Static Images | 16 |
The Indian as Media Handmedown 22 | 22 |
Copyright | |
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