While we have come a long way societally since the first half of the twentieth century, many people still have outdated or unrealistic notions about how American Indians live and think. Part of the problem is that Indians are a genuine minority, representing just under 1% of the American population. Unless one lives close to an Indian reservation, this ethnic group often fails to register in the collective consciousness of our popular culture. Nor do we have television programs, major movies (other than westerns), or celebrities who represent our indigenous peoples. Another large problem has to do with our educational system. American Indians figure in many secondary students’ social studies curricula; usually, this examination looks back to older times and features Indians in clothing and situations that belong to the nineteenth century. No wonder many people, including Europeans, come to Indian Country with rather fantastic expectations. They want buckskin and feathers when they should look for denim and cellphones.