From Tarzan to Tonto 3 - Introductory Remarks by Tiya Miles

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From Tarzan to Tonto 3 - Introductory Remarks by Tiya Miles
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From Tonto to Tarzan: Stereotypes as Obstacles to Progress Toward a More Perfect Union is a special program that examines the pervasiveness of stereotypes in American culture. In this segment, the symposium moderator, Tiya Miles, University of Michigan, offers some introductory remarks. Tiya Miles is Mary Henrietta Graham Distinguished University Professor; Elsa Barkley Brown Collegiate Professor; and professor of American Culture, History, Afroamerican and African Studies, Women’s Studies, and Native American Studies at the University of Michigan. Her research and creative interests include African American and Native American interrelated and comparative histories (especially 19th century); Black, Native, and U.S. women’s histories; and African American and Native American women’s literature. She is the author of The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story and Ties That Bind: The Story of an Afro-Cherokee Family in Slavery and Freedom. She also co-edited, with Sharon P. Holland, the book Crossing Waters, Crossing Worlds: The African Diaspora in Indian Country. Her numerous fellowships and awards include being named a John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Fellow, 2011. Her teaching includes such courses as Blacks, Indians, and the Making of America; Images of African American Women; Native American Women’s History; and Narratives of Gender, Race, and Nation. This symposium was webcast and recorded at the Rasmuson Theater of the National Museum of the American Indian on February 9, 2017.
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5 min 35 sec
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