Several years ago, an interaction occurred in a classroom at the Arlitt Child and Family Research and Education Center, University of Cincinnati. It startled the teacher into an awareness of the fears, stereotypes, misconceptions, and biases that young children continue to harbor about American Indian people, a half century after her own generation, reared on a steady diet of "cowboy and Indian" television and play, espoused the same views. One does not need to look far to understand why children continue to misconstrue the cultures of Native people. They are surrounded by stereotypes in sports and the media. In addition, thanks to cable television, children can now view the entire genre of cowboy and Indian movies and cartoons from the past 50 years. While one can argue that educators cannot control influences from the larger society, it is a sad fact that many of the misconceptions children learn about Native American people and cultures come from the school environment itself. This article describes school practices that contribute to the misinformation about Native Americans. Ideas for teachers, examples of appropriate curriculum, and some selected quality literature books that portray positive images of Native people and provide accurate information about the culture are also included in this article.