This book is eye-opening academic research on "history", identity and millions of dollars connected to avoiding erasure. A must read for scholars.

Victoria LaPoe, Ohio University

This is an excellent treatise on paper genocide. Azocar expertly describes the impact of forces that combine to deny the legal existence of Native nations: structural and institutional racism and news coverage that ignores tribal sovereignty and conflates the federal acknowledgment process with the ability to operate casinos. This is a must read for any journalist covering Indian Country.

Patty Loew, Northwestern University

Who is an Indian and who decides? These important questions are at the center of Azocar’s research, which challenges the centuries-long efforts of the U.S. government—aided by racist media stereotypes—to 'erase' Indigenous peoples in America. Azocar confronts this shameful legacy directly, documenting bureaucratic obstacles to federal recognition as well as the mainstream media’s willful ignorance of Indigenous histories, cultures, and perspectives.

John Coward, University of Tulsa