Native Americans
Happy Thanksgiving
The tables are turned, as carnivorous turkeys get ready to chow down on an Indian child.
Have a swell holiday!
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 27, 2013 -
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Category: Animals, Anthropomorphism, Holidays, Native Americans
Rain Dance
Everybody wang chung tonight! Er, I mean, everybody rain dance! What moves! I'm sure all Native Americans are proud of this interpretation of their sacred rituals.
I love the fact that they got Darth Vader to do the spoke-word intro.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Nov 29, 2012 -
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Category: Ineptness, Crudity, Talentlessness, Kitsch, and Bad Art, Music, Religion, Dance, Native Americans
Noah’s Ark Found—in Alaska!
The supposed remnants of Noah's ark have been "discovered" in a wide range of places.
But this 1902 discovery in Rampart, Alaska, on the Porcupine River, seems totally forgotten now.
I wonder if a followup expedition ever was mounted...?
Original article here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Nov 13, 2012 -
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Category: Oceans and Maritime Pursuits, Regionalism, Religion, Unsolved Mysteries, Myths and Fairytales, 1900s, North America, Native Americans
The Covered Wagon
Since readers seemed to enjoy Bill Haley's "Candy and Women," we now add another of his pre-rock'n'roll songs, which qualifies--by a couple of lines on Native Americans, and a general reckless disregard for human and animal life--for our category of pre-PC weirdness.
"Pappy wound up with four deuces, and the squaw with six papooses."
Posted By: Paul - Sat Sep 29, 2012 -
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Category: History, Music, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s, Native Americans
Long Lance
I'm trespassing on Alex's territory here, with an hour-length documentary on what was once a famous hoax.
Here's the story in a nutshell.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Jan 21, 2012 -
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Category: Eccentrics, Hoaxes and Imposters and Imitators, 1900s, 1910s, 1920s, 1930s, North America, Nineteenth Century, Native Americans
The Revenge of the Ojibwe
That's when I noticed the native name given for the product: "Anishinaabe Doodooshaaboo-bimide."
Yeah, right. You just know this is a joke the Native Americans are playing on us politically correct and guilty invaders, trying to get us to pronounce a bunch of doo-wop lyrics and sound like Frankie Valli.
But it does taste great!
Posted By: Paul - Sat May 22, 2010 -
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Category: Food, Languages, Native Americans
Follies of the Mad Men #56
A special "two-fer" installment of the Follies thread. Two splendid representations of our friends, the Native Americans, from within the lifetimes of many WU readers.
They hate cheap cigars, but are experts in premium house paints.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 16, 2009 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1940s, Native Americans
Follies of the Mad Men #44
Either a 20th-century man's shoe has been transported through time back to pre-Columbian America, confounding the primitive redksins, or else some 20th-century Native Americans on some especially traditional and cloistered reservation somewhere are incredibly ignorant.
Or, some Madison Avenue genius thought this was brilliant.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Nov 17, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Advertising, Products, Fashion, Shoes, Anthropology, 1940s, Time-travel, Native Americans
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