Inventing the Indian

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Dallas Goldtooth

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Inventing the Indian is a 2012 BBC documentary first broadcast on 28 October on BBC 4,{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01nqbqk |title=BBC Four - Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian |website=Bbc.co.uk |date=2016-07-31 |accessdate=2017-01-05}} exploring the stereotypical view of Native Americans in the United States in cinema and literature.

Presented by Rich Hall and Dallas Goldtooth, a Native American, it uncovers myths about the American Indian and how they live currently. Hall looks at films including Soldier Blue, Stagecoach and A Man Called Horse, and books including The Last of the Mohicans, Black Elk Speaks and Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. It also covered Geronimo and Sitting Bull.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/336126 |title=Review: 'Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian' |website=Digitaljournal.com |accessdate=2017-01-05}}