Celluloid Indians: Native Americans and Film
- ISBN-10
- 0803277903
- ISBN-13
- 9780803277908
- Category
- Performing Arts
- Pages
- 282
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1999-01-01
- Publisher
- U of Nebraska Press
- Author
- Jacquelyn Kilpatrick
Description
An overview of Indian representation in Hollywood films. The author notes the change in tone for the better when--as a result of McCarthyism--filmmakers found themselves among the oppressed. By an Irish-Cherokee writer.
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