APS
30th APS Annual Convention · 2018
Misconceptions of Native Americans: The Role of Tribal Identification
- Jerrell Cassady
Ball State University - Joshua Heath
Ball State University - Edwin Schupman
National Museum of the American Indian - Christopher Thomas
University of Texas, Tyler - Eric Ballenger
Ball State University
Abstract
This study is centered on a historical document analyses of social studies textbooks and reports on attitudes related to Native American culture and contemporary lives. Our findings first establish that cultural artifacts (textbooks) perpetuate limited coverage of Native Americans, maintaining inaccurate representations of the Native Americans' presence in contemporary life.
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