Annotated Bibliography
Works Cited
Axelrod, Alan. Art of the Golden West. NY:Abbeville Press. 1990.
This book combines history and art to unfold the story of the West. A number of artists merit insert biographies, which was helpful for quick references.
Berkhofer, Robert. The White Man's Indian: Images of American Indians from Columbus to the Present. NY:Alfred A. Knopf, 1978.
Examines how Euro-Americans describe Native Americans in ways that will fit their agendas. Covers from the late fifteenth century to the present.
Catlin, George. North American Indians. NY:Penguin Books, 1989.
Journals of George Catlin which record his travels and efforts to record the Plains Indians.
Deloria, Philip J. Playing Indian. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1998.
A historical view of how Euro-Americans have defined themselves by co-opting Native American dress, images and ideas.
Dippie, Brian W. "The Moving Finger Writes: Western Art and the Dynamics of Change." Prown, Jules David. Discovered Lands, Invented Pasts: Transforming Visions of the American West. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press and Yale University Art Gallery, 1992.
Dippie examines the treatment of the Native American in history and art, noting that the native peoples were often depicted both as "noble savages" and as brutal, violent, and dangerous. He illustrates the complex and contradictory relationship Euro-Americans have with Native Americans.
"Early Images of Virginia Indians: The William Cole Collection." 2/21/06.
An online exhibition by the Virginia Historical Society traces how European perceptions of native Virginians were molded by printed image.
Fausz, J. Frederick. "Powhatan Uprising of 1622". American History Magazine. March 1998. http://www.thehistorynet.com/ah/blpowhatanuprising/index1.html.
Describes the first major Native American uprising in Virginia and the impact that had on future Euro-American and Native American relations.
Groseclose, Barbara. Nineteenth-Century American Art. Oxford:University Press, 2000.
Thematically examines American in the nineteenth century and how painters were influenced by social and economic changes as the nation became industrialized..
Hutton, Paul. America 1585 The Complete Drawing of John White. Chapel Hill:University of North Carolina Press, 1984.
Compilation and explanation of John White's drawings based on his 1585 participation in exploration of Virginia and the Carolinas.
Jennings, Francis. The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism and the Cant of Conquest. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1975.
Presents a case that modern American society is a product not only of the interaction between colonists and Native Americans but depends on contributions of both.
Mihesuah, Devon A. American Indians: Stereotypes & Realities. Atlanta: Clarity Press, 1996.
Refutes 24 commonly held beliefs about Native Americans.
Oswalt, Wendell H. and Sharlotte Neely. This Land Was Theirs: A Study of North American Indians. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield Publishing, 1996.
Examines traditional and contemporary way of living of 12 Native American tribes.
Scheckel, Susan. The Insistence of the Indian: Race and Nationalism in Nineteenth Century American Culture. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1998.
Uses nineteenth century literature to explain how Euro-Americans felt about Native Americans.
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