Inventing the Indian
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"I'm an Indian Too" (1946) by Irving Berlin "Inventing the Indian (2012) uncovers myths about the American Indian. It looks at films such as Soldier Blue, Stagecoach, A Man Called Horse and Billy Jack, and books including The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It also covers Geronimo and Sitting Bull."--Sholem Stein |
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Inventing the Indian is a 2012 BBC documentary first broadcast on 28 October on BBC 4, exploring the stereotypical view of Native Americans in the United States in cinema and literature.
Presented by Rich Hall and Dallas Goldtooth, a Native American, it uncovers myths about the American Indian and how they live currently. Hall looks at films including Soldier Blue, Stagecoach and A Man Called Horse, and books including The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It also covered Geronimo and Sitting Bull.
See also
- Reel Injun
- Racism in film
- Revisionist Western
- Native Americans in film
- Stereotypes of indigenous peoples of Canada and the United States