“Non-Indian invaders created a caricature of the Indian. They described us so often and so consistently over generations that we began to believe the lies ourselves and act in harmony with this view. A lie told a thousand times often becomes the truth to those who tell it, to those who hear it, and even to those the lie is about.” Don L. Coyhis & William L. White, Alcohol Problems in Native America: The Untold Story of Resistance and Recovery - “The Truth About the Lie” your focus is misplaced