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

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

Hollywood's representation of Indians is a subject which up till now has generated a lot more heat than light. This welcome new collection of essays covers a lot of ground... including a valuable piece on Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans and earlier versions of Cooper's 'Leatherstocking Tales, ' a surprisingly and convincingly sympathetic essay on Dances with Wolves, and an informative account of Pocahontas. -- Edward Buscombe

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

An excellent set of essays on the subject. -- Choice