Hollywood's Indian

Raises interesting issues and challenges readers to consider the complex realities of American Indian cultures and Indian/non-Indian relations that major motion pictures often fail to communicate." -American Graduate

"Important and groundbreaking work." -Bookman News

"Enables readers to construct a cinematic chronology of the Hollywood Indian and to comprehend the larger cultural forces at work interpreting the Indian-white past on screen." -Choice

"Rollins and O'Connor have skillfully blended a variety of thoughtful veiwpoints." -Chronicles of Oklahoma

"A collection of quality essays, put together by two of the leading experts in this particular topic area." -Communication Booknotes Quarterly

"Will become the standard source for reference for an important subject, not only in American contemporary popular culture, but for evolving attitudes in a new century." -Film and History

"The essays provide valuable ways to think about the meaning and impact of Hollywood's portrayal of American Indian characters." -Great Plains Quarterly

"Offers an engaging and timely update to previous critical anthologies." -H-Net Book Review

"An engaging and timely update to previous critical anthologies." -Journal of American Culture

"The value of this collection resides in the concentrated attention it gives to the portrayal of Native Americans on film." -Journal of American Ethnic History

"The essays are solid pieces that place the films in a proper historical and artistic context." -Journal of American History

"The essays add to the growing literature on films about American Indians, and individually, they provide interesting insights into the process of movie-making and viewing." -North Carolina Historical Review

"A welcome contribution to the lively and timely debate on the representation of ethnic minorities in the media." -Zeitscrift fur Anglistik und Amerikanistik