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The Deconstruction of Chief Blackhawk is a qualitative critical analysis of the National Hockey League’s Chicago Blackhawks’ mascot, Chief Blackhawk. Through a decolonizing deconstruction of various Indigenous stereotypes, this book examines the ethical and moral consequences of the continued use of disparaging Indigenous imagery for professional sports mascots, dominant White society’s reliance on the Indian as the measure of American identity, and the ramifications of colonial control of Indigenous agency, thereby justifying Westward Expansion. The Deconstruction of Chief Blackhawk is appropriate for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in rhetoric, visual rhetoric, communication, cultural studies, visual studies, art, critical theory, and psychology. It also serves as an insightful resource for researchers, scholars, and educators interested in visual, critical, and cultural studies.

Seth Thomas Sutton: Métis artist, activist, scholar, and professor. seththomassutton.com Seth holds a MA in Visual and Critical Studies from Kendall College of Art & Design and is currently professor and chair of the Arts & Humanities Department at Montcalm Community College. He is also a sitting council member in the Office of Multicultural Affairs' Native American Advisory Council at Grand Valley State University, as well as a member of several other Indigenous centered educational groups throughout the United States and Canada. Seth is a descendant and non-enrolled member of the North Shore Band of Waganakising Odawa // Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians. Seth's social activism serves as the foundation and inspiration for his research which allows him to create dialogues that center around Indigenous social issues, in and out of academia. In 2017 Seth was nominated for an Emmy Award for his involvement in WGVU's (Grand Rapids PBS) Mutually Inclusive documentary film wiinwaa niizhaasing // we the 7th and again in 2021 for a four-part documentary series, Shaping Narratives. https: //video.wgvu.org/video/mutually-inclusive-we-7th-complete-edition/ https: //video.wgvu.org/video/ngiiwe-shaping-narratives-bpysdi/