"Five hundred years later, Native peoples are still fighting to protect their lands and their rights to exist as distinct political communities and individuals. Most US citizens' knowledge about Indians is inaccurate, distorted, or limited to elementary-school textbooks, cheesy old spaghetti westerns, or more contemporary films like Dances with Wolves or The Last of the Mohicans."
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Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker All the Real Indians Died Off : And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans (2016)
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