Authors' Note Introduction MYTH 1: "All the Real Indians Died Off" MYTH 2: "Indians Were the First Immigrants to the Western Hemisphere" MYTH 3: "Columbus Discovered America" MYTH 4: "Thanksgiving Proves the Indians Welcomed the Pilgrims" MYTH 5: "Indians Were Savage and Warlike" MYTH 6: "Indians Should Move On and Forget the Past" MYTH 7: "Europeans Brought Civilization to the Backward Indians" MYTH 8: "The United States Did Not Have a Policy of Genocide" MYTH 9: "US Presidents Were Benevolent or at Least Fair-Minded Toward Indians" MYTH 10: "The Only Real Indians Are Full-Bloods, and They Are Dying Off" MYTH 11: "The United States Gave Indians Their Reservations" MYTH 12: "Indians Are Wards of the State" MYTH 13: "Sports Mascots Honor Native Americans" MYTH 14: "Native American Culture Belongs to All Americans" MYTH 15: "Most Indians Are on Government Welfare" MYTH 16: "Indian Casinos Make Them All Rich" MYTH 17: "Indians Are Anti-Science" MYTH 18: "Indians Are Naturally Predisposed to Alcoholism" MYTH 19: "What's the Problem with Thinking of Indian Women as Princesses or Squaws?" MYTH 20: "Native Americans Can't Agree on What to Be Called" MYTH 21: "Indians Are Victims and Deserve Our Sympathy" Historical Time Line Acknowledgments Notes.