In this enlightening book, scholars and activists Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz and Dina Gilio-Whitaker tackle an array of myths about Local American culture and history which have misinformed generations. Tracing how these ideas evolved, and sketching from history, the authors disrupt long-held and enduring common myths such as for example:

– “Columbus Discovered America”

– “Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed Pilgrims”

– “Indians Were Savage and Warlike”

– “Europeans Brought Civilization to Backward Indians”

– “The United States Did Not Possess an insurance plan of Genocide”

– “Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans”

Each chapter deftly shows how these myths are rooted in the fears and prejudice of European settlers and in the bigger political agendas of the settler state aimed at acquiring Indigenous property and linked with narratives of erasure and disappearance. Accessibly created and revelatory, All the Real Indians Died Off issues listeners to rethink what they have been taught about Indigenous Americans and history.