Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

1 Introduction

2 The Indian Story

3 Pride and Prejudice

4 Squanto and the Pilgrims

5 A Sweet Small Something

6 The United States Constitution and the Iroquois League

The Documentary Evidence

The Ethnographic Evidence

The Development of a Myth

7 Mother Earth

8 Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

9 Their Numbers Become Thick

10 Primal Gaia

11 A Legacy of Misperception and Invention

12 Validity Is Not Authenticity

13 Ethical Advocacy Versus Propaganda

14 Inside BIA

15 When Fictions Take Hostages

16 Europe’s Indians

17 White Ghosts, Red Shadows

Appendix Criticisms of Nonconformers

About the Authors