Catherine Lavender
UC-Boulder
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> Date: Wed, 11 Jan 1995 12:08:15 -0600
> From: Steven Mintz, U. Houston <SMintz@UH.EDU>, moderator of H-FILM
<H-FILM@UICVM.UIC.EDU>
Here is a recent publication concerning the image of the American
Indian on film. This summary gives a peek of the contents of this issue
which amounts to 116 pages and has been adopted as a text by a few schools
even before publication!
Much of the editorial work was conducted over the Internet and Prof. Salmi
of Finland came in, as did Prof. Jojola, as a result of a call for papers
on the Internet, including those lists devoted to Native American issues.
Thus the issue reflects, in part, communication by the new technology
available to scholars!
Here is address data:
University of Miami
Film & History
Department of History
PO Box 248107
Coral Gables, FL 33124
(305)284-6406
Annual subscriptions for individuals= $20
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FILM & HISTORY 23.1-4 (An entire year in one special issue.)
Special in-depth issue entitled "The Hollywood Indian"
INTRODUCTION
Peter Rollins of Oklahoma State U.
"The Hollywood Indian: Still On A Scholarly Frontier?"
Why we ask these questions now. Are we asking
the right questions?
OVERVIEWS
Ted Jojola of U New Mexico
"Absurd Reality: Hollywood Goes to the Indians"
A sarcastic look at the awkward attempts by Hollywood
to be sympathetic to Native Americans. Calls for
Native Americans to take charge on such projects.
John O'Connor of NJIT
"The White Man's Indian"
An institutional look at how Hollywood has treated the
Native American--with "new" answers linked to economic,]
institutional, and political dimensions.
Hannu Salmi of Finland
"The Indians of the North: Western Traditions and Finnish Indians"
Finns romanticize the people of their North and have
adopted a number of American projectons upon them. A
fascinating study.
SPECIFIC FILMS
Ken Knolley or Willamette U (Salem, Oregon)
"John Ford and the Hollywood Indian"
New interpretation of Ford's contribution with mixed
findings.
Frank Manchel of U of Vermont
"Cultrual Confusion: A Look Back at Delmar Davies' Broken Arrow"
Detailed study of the cultural conflict
and the ways in which even well-meaning filmmakers have
been misled.
Margo Kasden and Susan Tavernetti of San Francisco
"The Hollywood Indian in Little Big Man: A Revisionist View"
A reassessment of the classic 1960s film.
Jim Sandos and Larry Burgess of California
"Tell Them Willie Boy is Here" and American Indian hating.
Robert Baird of U Illinois
"Going Indian Through Dances With Wolves"
Jeff Walker of Oklahoma St U.
"Hollywood and Last of the Mohicans"
Cooper scholar examines Hollywood tripe.
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Peter Rollins, OKState
Rollins@osuunx.ucc.okstate.edu