A Crash Course In Indigenous Comics Storytelling...

Chad A. Barbour’s book From Daniel Boone to Captain America: Playing Indian in American Popular Culture is an in-depth study of how Native Americans have been portrayed, especially within pulp fiction and comic books. This text deals with the stereotypes, appropriation of story, and misperception of First Nations peoples. The historical context in this perspective is helpful to understand how many of these stereotypes and misconceptions still persist to this day. As the title states, it covers from Daniel Boone to Captain America, and all of the permutations and inaccurate portrayals in between.

Barbour, C.A. (2016). From Daniel Boone to Captain America: Playing Indian in American popular culture. University Press of Mississippi.

Native Americans in Comic Books: A Critical Study by Michael A. Sheyahshe is another invaluable resource when talking about graphic novels and North American Indian portrayals. It focuses on the Native as sidekick, as mystical shaman, as naturally gifted tracker, or as historical artifacts. The book dispels all of these myths and stereotypes while investigating thoroughly how many of them have shapeshifted in modern comics (though not always successfully). Sheyahshe definitely cites many examples from the different comic ages, around these central themes.

Sheyahshe, M.A. (2016). Native Americans in comic books: A critical study. McFarland & Company, Inc.