[Review of] John M. Coward. The Newspaper Indian: Native American Identity in the Press, 1820-90

Authors

Cynthia R. Kasee

Orginal Publication Date

2000

Journal Title

Ethnic Studies Review

Volume

23

Issue

esr/vol23/iss1

First Page

142

Last Page

143

Comments

Ethnic Constructions

Abstract

It will not come as news to people familiar with Native American history the role the print medium has played in costructing [constructing] public images of indigenous Americans. What is refreshing is the way in which Coward offers his insights on the matter. He has chosen the period of the United States' most feverish expansion into "the West," a time when newspapers and related print sources were most active in defining now-common stereotypes of both sides in the ensuing conflicts.