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  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: Beacon Press (October 4, 2016)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0807062650
  • ISBN-13: 978-0807062654
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.6 x 8.6 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 starsA must read for social studies teachers
By Sarah B. Shear, Ph.D. on October 16, 2016
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This is the book many of us have been waiting for! As a social studies teacher educator, I challenge my students to consider issues related to Manifest Destiny and the U.S. historical master narrative. Re-thinking the stories they learned in K-12 are essential to busting the hold of settler colonialism in social studies curriculum. I want to thank Roxanne and Dina for this exceptional work that will help current and future teachers, as well as social studies education scholars, for years to come. I highly recommend this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsBelongs in high school libraries everywhere.
By Kelly Garbato on October 4, 2016
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Non-Natives thus position themselves, either wittingly or unwittingly, as being the true experts about Indians and their histories—and it happens at all levels of society, from the uneducated all the way up to those with advanced college degrees, and even in the halls of Congress. […]

The result is the perpetual erasure of Indians from the US political and cultural landscape. In short, for five centuries Indians have been disappearing in the collective imagination. They are disappearing in plain sight.

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Imagining huge fields of gold, which did not exist, Columbus instituted what later became known as the encomienda system, large estates run on forced labor for the purposes of extracting gold. Las Casas reported that when mining quotas were not met by the Indians excavating the gold, their hands were cut off and they bled to death. When they attempted to flee, they were hunted down with dogs and killed. So little gold existed in Hispaniola that the island turned into a massive killing field.

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He [King George] has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavored to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian savages, whose known rule of warfare, is undistinguished destruction of all ages, sexes and conditions.
—Declaration of Independence

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“Native Americans should be honored to have sports teams named after them.”

“The Indians lost the war, why can’t they move on already?”

“Indian casinos make everyone rich.”

Whether your ancestors were indigenous to North America or not, no doubt you’re familiar with at least a few of these myths about Native Americans.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn Important Book That is Relevant in Today's World
By heartweiser on October 30, 2016
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“All the Real Indians Died Off” and 20 Other Myths About Native Americans is an important book. Using anecdotes to illustrate key points, Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker demonstrate how historical issues are still relevant to Native Americans today. The book sheds light on how these myths continue to affect Native people in the present, and how the framework of inferiority is built directly into the socio-economic and political systems of the United States. The book is easy to read and understand. By educating non-Indian people, it has the potential to affect great change. As long as the miseducation of United States history continues, the systematic social injustice felt by Native Americans will be forever perpetuated. I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in moving beyond the ignorance of misinformation and for those who hope for a better world.
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4.0 out of 5 starsAs a white woman raised to believe soMe of these ...
By April Lowe on October 11, 2016
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As a white woman raised to believe soMe of these myths. I found the book very informative in relation to my Native American husband's perceived prejudice from the white man. The book collaborates some of the things he has said in contradiction to my beliefs.
Anyone wanting to understand the life of the American Indian can get some insights with this book.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAs a nation, we need to finally face how ...
By David Roberts on November 8, 2016
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As a nation, we need to finally face how inhumanly we have treated the indigenous inhabitants of this continent. The myths that we continue to believe about these peoples keep us from realizing our potential as caring human beings.
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5.0 out of 5 starsShould be required reading
By An old geezer. on January 23, 2017
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I have done a fair amount of reading on this subject, and the info seems accurate. Every USA citizen should read it. If you really look closely at our government, present and past, it is obvious we are a nation of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich white man.
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5.0 out of 5 starsGreat book and long overdue! A must read!
By LN on December 1, 2016
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Bravo to Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dino Gilio-Whitaker for an exceptionally well-written narrative! The book erases the lies we’ve been taught in our current education system and society and unveils the truth.
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4.0 out of 5 starsbest of all
By Phyllis Donovan on January 2, 2017
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Have not finished reading it yet, however I find it well researched, well written if a bit "academic", best of all, written with an understanding of how yesterday's sins committed by our government affects the Indian People still today......something everyone should be aware of and sympathetic toward. Our collective souls will continue to be calloused until we own our past conduct.
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