Hollywood's Indian : The Portrayal of the Native American in Film

Offering Both In-depth Analyses Of Specific Films And Overviews Of The Industry's Output, Hollywood's Indian Provides Insightful Characterizations Of The Depiction Of The Native Americans In Film. This Updated Edition Includes A New Chapter On Smoke Signals, The Groundbreaking Independent Film Written By Sherman Alexie And Directed By Chris Eyre. Taken As A Whole The Essays Explore The Many Ways In Which These Portrayals Have Made An Impact On Our Collective Cultural Life. Introduction. The Study Of Hollywood's Indian: Still On A Scholarly Frontier? / Peter C. Rollins And John E. O'connor -- Absurd Reality Ii: Hollywood Goes To The Indians / Ted Jojola -- The White Man's Indian: An Institutional Approach / John E. O'connor -- The Indian Of The North: Western Traditions And Finnish Indians / Hannu Salmi -- Trapped In The History Of Film: The Vanishing American / Michael J. Riley -- The Representation Of Conquest: John Ford And The Hollywood Indian (1939-1964) / Ken Nolley -- Cultural Confusion: Broken Arrow / Frank Manchel -- The Hollywood Indian Versus Native Americans: Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here / James A. Sandos And Larry E. Burgess -- Native Americans In A Revisionist Western: Little Big Man / Margo Kasdan And Susan Tavernetti -- Driving The Red Road: Powwow Highway / Eric Gary Anderson -- Going Indian: Dances With Wolves / Robert Baird -- Deconstructing An American Myth: The Last Of The Mohicans / Jeffrey Walker -- Playing Indian In The 1990s: Pocahontas And The Indian In The Cupboard / Pauline Turner Strong -- This Is What It Means To Say Smoke Signals: Native American Cultural Sovereignty / Amanda J. Cobb -- Bibliography. Western Films: The Context For Hollywood's Indian. Edited By Peter C. Rollins And John E. O'connor. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. This updated edition of Hollywood's Indian includes a new chapter on Smoke Signals (1998), the groundbreaking independent film written by Sherman Alexie and directed by Chris Eyre, both Native Americans. Peter C. Rollins, Regents Professor of English and American Studies at Oklahoma State University, is author or editor of a number of books, including Hollywood as Historian: American Film in a Cultural Context. John E. O'Connor, professor of history at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University Newark, is founding editor of Film & History and co-editor of Hollywood's White House: The American Presidency in Film & History. When McMurphy, the character portrayed by actor Jack Nicholson in the fivefold Oscar-winning movie One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), prods a mute Indian Chief (played by Indian actor Will Sampson) into pronouncing "ahh juicyfruit," what the audience heard was far removed from the stereotypical "hows," "ughs," and "kemosabes" of tinsel moviedom.