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Barrett Burka MD's avatar

Growing up, Native Americans were portrayed as “savages” whooping & hopping around a fire as if high on some hallucinogen. They were preparing for the raping of white women, kidnapping of white children & scalping of white men. And then there appeared a savior, John Wayne & the U.S. Cavalry One had to be there! That was 1940’s America.

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Caroline Ayers's avatar

Read Empire of The Summer Moon. They did attack Settlers and scalp them. This book will give you context and a clear eyed view... and inspite of the scalpings you will weep for the clash of cultures and the resultant decimation of the Comanche nation and their way of life...

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Mara U.'s avatar

Yeah, I think one probably did have to be there. I grew up in 1990s America, when they were always portrayed as "noble savages," constantly losing their land or dying from disease due to the nefarious white man. Every time Cloud Dancing showed up on an episode of "Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman," you knew something awful was going to happen to him.

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Celia M Paddock's avatar

It was quite different by the 60s.

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