All the Real Indians Died Off, Roxanne DunbarOrtiz
All the Real Indians Died Off, Roxanne DunbarOrtiz
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"All the Real Indians Died Off"
And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

Author: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, Dina Gilio-Whitaker

Narrator: Kyla Garcia

Unabridged: 5 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/04/2022


Synopsis

Unpacks the twenty-one most common myths and misconceptions about Native Americans

In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle a wide range of myths about Native American culture and history that have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and drawing from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring myths such as:

“Columbus Discovered America”
“Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed Pilgrims”
“Indians Were Savage and Warlike”
“Europeans Brought Civilization to Backward Indians”
“The United States Did Not Have a Policy of Genocide”
“Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans”
“Most Indians Are on Government Welfare”
“Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich”
“Indians Are Naturally Predisposed to Alcohol”

Each chapter deftly shows how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudice of European settlers and in the larger political agendas of a settler state aimed at acquiring Indigenous land and tied to narratives of erasure and disappearance. Accessibly written and revelatory, “All the Real Indians Died Off” challenges readers to rethink what they have been taught about Native Americans and history.

About The Author

Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, a New York Times best-selling author, grew up in rural Oklahoma in a tenant farming family. She has been active in the international Indigenous movement for more than 4 decades and is known for her lifelong commitment to national and international social justice issues. Dunbar-Ortiz is the winner of the 2017 Lannan Cultural Freedom Prize, and is the author or editor of many books, including An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award. She lives in San Francisco. Connect with her at reddirtsite.com or on Twitter @rdunbaro.Dina Gilio-Whitaker (Colville Confederated Tribes) is an award-winning journalist and columnist at Indian Country Today Media Network. A writer and researcher in Indigenous studies, she is currently a research associate and associate scholar at the Center for World Indigenous Studies. She lives in San Clemente, CA.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Colleen

I recently read another of Ortiz' books, An Indigenous People's History of the United States so I was prepared for her style but I was still made irritated by the way that with some of her arguments. She ignored facts that would expose the fact that everything is rarely black and white. Two examples......more

Perfect time to read this book: Thanksgiving is coming up this weekend and it'sNative American Heritage Month. Are you curious about common phrases you hear about Native Americans such as: “Columbus Discovered America” “Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed Pilgrims” “Indians Were Savage and War......more

Goodreads review by David

A quick read that I really wanted to love but wasn't really into. The individual pieces had some interesting facts once in a while, but even though the chapters were only a couple of pages they were disorganized and the authors went off on awkward tangents. For example, "Native American Culture Belo......more

Goodreads review by Keegan

A good survey of many issues that indigenous people argue about on a daily basis. Definitely a "greatest hits", even if that's the wrong connotation to put onto topics like these. Structured brilliantly. Provides plenty of academic ammunition in the form of citations for those who continue fighting......more


Quotes

“Dunbar-Ortiz and Gilio-Whitaker admirably aim to explode popular, damaging, and inherently limiting myths about Native Americans, continuing the work begun in Dunbar-Ortiz’s well-received An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States.”
Publishers Weekly

‘All the Real Indians Died Off’ And 20 Other Myths about Native Americans offers a much-needed and excellent introduction to American Indian history and contemporary life for a broad audience.”
Against the Current

“I have been looking for a text for our Intro to Native American Studies course that touches on the themes of history, genocide, cultural appropriation, and legal relationship between the United States and indigenous people that would be comprehensible by freshmen. I have finally found it...I cannot wait to teach it.”
—Kerri J. Malloy, lecturer in the Department of Native American Studies at Humboldt State University