King, C. Richard

Examines the issues that surround the controversial debate over schools in the United States using Native American images for mascots. Includes primary source documents.

A history, ethnography, and social critique of racial spectacles in contemporary intercollegiate athletics, including halftime performances, commercialized stagings, media coverage, public panics, and political protests, focusing on the revenue sports of football and basketball, and addressing formulations of redness, whiteness, and blackness.

Examines the ways in which Native Americans have been portrayed in the media and stereotyped in films and in television, and describes efforts on behalf of the Native American community to accurately reflect their history and heritage.