Native Americans
President Naa Hoo Woo of the USA
What a blatant instance of cultural appropriation!
Original foto here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 26, 2017 -
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Category: Fashion, Politics, Officials, 1970s, Native Americans
Follies of the Madmen #304
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Feb 15, 2017 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, 1960s, Weapons, Native Americans
Least-Authentic Native-American Motifs Ever
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 17, 2016 -
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Category: Art, Fashion, Hobbies and DIY, 1970s, Native Americans
The Huntress
I would love to see this 1923 film starring Colleen Moore remade today. A white actress playing a Native American, who is so desperate for a husband she kidnaps a stranger? Uncontroversial box-office gold!
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Jan 03, 2016 -
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Category: Movies, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1920s, Native Americans
Sleepy Eye, MN
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Wikipedia page here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 29, 2015 -
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Category: Geography and Maps, Odd Names, Regionalism, North America, Native Americans
Chief Os-ko-mon, Broadway Star
Can we really believe that the Broadway producer behind the HITCHY-KOO REVUE really enlisted an actual Native American into his troupe? Or that the Chief later appeared in another variety show?
And yet the noble Chief Os-ko-mon seems to have actually recorded a record or two. And in this essay, he is deemed a member of the Yakima tribe.
I toss out the question of his legitimacy to all WU-vies. Should he not be recorded as an early stalwart of Native American achievements, Broadway-style?
Posted By: Paul - Tue Jun 16, 2015 -
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Category: 1920s, Actors, Native Americans
Muskogee Stomp Dance
The level of ritual fervor seems decidedly low here. Also, lack of vintage garb is rather incongruous. All in all, I suspect, a pale shadow of what once was a vital artform.
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 30, 2015 -
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Category: Costumes and Masks, Regionalism, Dance, Native Americans
Tanya Tagaq
Her Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Feb 01, 2015 -
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Category: Music, Avant Garde, Native Americans
The Angel of Hadley
I had long been aware of the WWI legend of The Angel of Mons, in which a piece of deliberate fiction was accepted as literal truth.
But I was unaware until recently that right in my own backyard, in nearby Hadley, Massachusetts, a similar bit of fiction-as-history existed, the Angel of Hadley, the account of how a mysterious elderly warrior saved settlers from the Indians.
Another good piece on the subject here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Dec 29, 2014 -
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Category: Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, Myths and Fairytales, Historical Figure, Europe, North America, Nineteenth Century, Seventeenth Century, Native Americans
Authentic Indian Makeup Kit
Original ad here.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Mar 15, 2014 -
Comments (9)
Category: Costumes and Masks, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Face and Facial Expressions, Hair and Hairstyling, Native Americans
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