Аннотация:American Indians have always suffered from ethnical stereotyping. Those stereotypes changed in the course of time and are quite varied. Though there are some explicable reasons behind each of them, in most cases they do not only misrepresent the reality, but also help create false ideas, especially with the people who judge about Indians by such “popular” images. It is interesting that Indians could use some of the stereotypes for their benefit, but this is an exception rather than a rule. And the rule is a constant struggle with such stereotyping.
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