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Issues of identity and authenticity present perennial challenges to
both Native Americans and critics of their art. Vickers examines
the long history of dehumanizing depictions of Native Americans
while discussing such purveyors of stereotypes as the Puritans, the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, and Hollywood. These stereotypes abetted
a national policy robbing Indians of their cultural identity. As a
contrast to these, he examines the work of white authors and
artists such as Helen Hunt Jackson, Oliver La Farge, the Taos
Society of Artists, and Frank Waters, who created more archetypal
fictional Indian characters. In the second half of the book,
Vickers explores the work of Indian artists and writers, such as
Edgar Heap of Birds, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Linda Hogan, and
Sherman Alexie who craft humanizing new images of authenticity and
legitimacy, bridging the gap between stereotype and archetype. This
is an essential book for all readers with an interest in the tragic
history of Indian-white conflict. ""Vickers is one of the few to
consider artists and writers in relation to each other. He offers a
refreshingly commonsensical approach.""-Herta Wong, University of
California, Berkley
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