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History Lessons

By: Series: Native VoicesPublication details: native-voices.org 2008Description: DVD; 13minsSubject(s): Summary: In the United States policy and ideology produces a regime of truth that shapes history by ignoring the significant histories of Native Americans. Instead policy and ideology rely on what Robert Berkhofer Jr. Astuely called, "The Indian of the White Imagination. This documentary explores how Native peoples are exclude in US history, and how media and popular culture influence public perceptions.

In the United States policy and ideology produces a regime of truth that shapes history by ignoring the significant histories of Native Americans. Instead policy and ideology rely on what Robert Berkhofer Jr. Astuely called, "The Indian of the White Imagination. This documentary explores how Native peoples are exclude in US history, and how media and popular culture influence public perceptions.

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