This cartoon for me captures these ideals and stereotypes centered in American mainstream of what it means to be Indian. Instead of looking to the people and the culture to define themselves they instead rely on their own preconceived biases based on stereotypes and their own perceptions of who they are or what they are suppose to be like. I think this premise ties very closley to a lot of documents and bills we looked at in class where outsiders, by which I mean non-native (anthropologists, archeologists etc.) are determining and defining what is sacred and/or culturally significant to some one else based on their own perceptions of what sacred is instead of turning to the people and asking them.Brianna Howze
see it's funny to me because it should be the other way around. people should know indians and when they come across something — like atlanta's mascot — they should think "well, that's not really what an indian is like." but that's now how it is. and that's the tragedy. I was listening to native america calling and they were talking bout school mascots. it's ridiculous that such things as the Redskins football team still exists! i would NEVER use that word when speaking, so WHY is it ok as a mascot?? People freak out because of tradition. What do they know about tradition. People freaked out when the sonics left, but ya know what? they got over it. seattle is getting behind the sounders with full force. sports fans can GET OVER IT. calm the hell down.
ReplyDeleteso yeah. too bad people will probably not quite understand exactly what the cartoon is saying. good post.