Stereotypes In Native American History

Many races are unjustly victimized, but Native American cultures are more misunderstood and degraded than any other race. College and high school mascots sometimes depict images of Native Americans and have names loosely based on Native American descent, but these are often not based on actual Native American history, so instead of honoring Native Americans, they are being ridiculed. According to the article Warriors Survive Attack, by Cathy Murillo (2009) some “members of the Carpentaria community defended Native American mascot icons as honoring Chumash tradition and the spirit of American Indian Warriors in U.S. history and others claimed that the images were racist stereotypes” (Murillo, 2009). If people do not attempt to understand

Native Americans are typically stereotyped in two ways. They are either portrayed as tree-huggers or as blood-thirsty savages. These stereotypes do not hold up for the Plains Indians since like any other civilization they are a diverse group of people.

The Shawnee Native Americans were present around the Ohio River and moved into Indiana in the 1700’s. Tecumseh and the battle of the Tippecanoe was a big part of the history of Indiana, and those events were because of the Shawnee Native Americans. Our group learned from actually immersing ourselves, talking, and getting involved. We learned about a new culture by going to the Eiteljorg Musuem, Shirley Brauker’s artist showcase, Native American pottery classes, and by doing research. Our first goal was to break the stereotypes we might consciously or subconsciously have. An example of this was the point that was made was by Shirley Brauker, that if you took an elder and gave them the choice of a colored pencil and paper or animal

During the course of history the relationship between Whites and Native Americans changed drastically. A bond was created between the White traders who arrived in the Pacific Northwest and the Native Americans due to a mutual dependency for a wide range of commodities. This mutual bond was vital to both sides and kept the relationship between them on more equal standards. Later on the mutual bond and respect between them deteriorated and resulted in the Native American’s being categorized as inferior to the Whites. Such relationship changes were a result of two main factors; social changes, mainly the change in the whites in the region from white traders to white settlers, and cultural changes that resulted from White American’s sense of racial

The author Mann wrote the "Coming of Age" because he wanted to inform the readers about Native Americans and their life culture. He wanted the readers to see the Native Americans lifestyle and not believe in the bad sterotypes they got from the Europeans. In the text it informs that Native Americans are powerful,stratified, and good role models to look up to. The stereotypes are that Native Americans are in lower economical and physical state than the Europeans but Mann informs the reader and proves that the statement is not true. According to the text, "Most seemed to have moved between a summer place and a winter place, like affluent snowbirds alternating between Manhattan and Miami (Mann). Mann used a metaphor and in this quote he was

Until fairly recently the popular culture of American literature and film did not attempt to study the true representations of Indians in North America. Instead they chose to concentrate on the romanticized/savage version of Native people: which is an idealistic view of a Native with long, beautiful flowing hair riding on a horse obsessed with chanting and praying to the savageness of a rowdy, wild Native causing unnecessary mayhem to the white people. This portrayal of Native people in mass media had led to the stereotyping of Natives, which in turn had ricocheted into real life. Not only do non-natives succumb to these ideals, but Natives do as well.

Historical and contemporary stereotypes of Native American Indian women have resulted in erroneous and callous images. Mass media, movies, and printed materials continue to depict Native American Indian women as either a princess or a savage. Native American Indian women are affected by non-humanistic myths and stereotypes that are advertised by the media, popular literature, and movies. The "Pocahontas paradox" represents a dilemma for Native American Indian women. This historical movement has persisted in the glamorization and belittling of Native American Indian women (Peregoy, 1999).

Throughout the course of history there are have been many stereotypes regarding Indigenous peoples. One of the most significant stereotypes regarding Native Americans is that they are “uncivilized” humans, or to some even, subhuman. To the European explorers and settlers Civilization was classified as being Christian and following the Christian way of life. Anything else that was worshiped besides God was deemed demonic and evil. Another crucial point of being civilized, was following the European social structure, which means a patriarchal society, as well as farming and setting up towns instead of living off of the land and being nomadic. Both were deemed as uncivilized.

Although the story can be compelling, the abundance of stereotypes with Native Americans and other people, makes the story feel retold. Stereotypes are seen everywhere, even today they impact modern society by allowing people to judge others. People judge other people based on stereotypes, they will treat people differently depending on what their stereotype is. Contrary, the book didn’t mean to be stereotypical. Today, people read the book and see that most everything about it is stereotypical, but because the book is so old, it actually set in place some of today’s stereotypes. The Last of the Mohicans portrays four main stereotypes, the good Indian(s)(Native American), the bad Indian(s), the damsel in distress, and the hero. Due to the stereotype

magazines continued to advertise the woman’s role as a primarily a provider and caregiver, for example ads for cookbooks “to delight your loved ones”. Common stereotypes of first nations people directly relate to the mother blaming of the wellbeing of children on reserves. For example, aboriginals are often associated with poverty and therefore do not have the means in order to provide for the basic needs of the child. This many also mean that both parents are working and not at home which may be seen as neglectful. When case workers blame the neglect on the individual mother and disregard the hardships that are imposed on them and their children due to colonialism and decreasing social safety nets.

Before the Europeans came to America the native Americans had very distinct identities. They were not and are not all the same. They had different beliefs, ways of doing things, social statuses, and functioning communities. Tribes each had different attributes depending on who the people were and where they were located. However when the Europeans came to America many Indians where generalized and stereotyped one of the most common deterring between “Nobel Savages” and “dirty savages.” Whatever adjective used the Europeans collectively used the word savages to refer to the Native Americans dismissing there rich cultural value and complex social systems. One of the most intriguing parts of the reading that fact that Europeans completely dismissed

It is said that there is nothing harder to fight than a belief, especially when it is related to politics or culture. American History X, a movie produced by Turman-Morrissey Company and distributed by New Line Cinema (Kaye, 1998), touches this topic in a sensitive way when Derek becomes a Neo Nazi after a black male kills his father. Later, he would realize how his strong belief could be changed, and discover the reason for his existence through his experiences in prison. At the beginning of the film a high schooler named Derek is shown as the leader of a Neo-Nazi club. He dresses like a Punk, with long-tight pants and boots; he also had his head shaved and many tattoos printed all over his body, specially a big one on his chest of a Swastika.

The encounter of Christopher Columbus with the indigenous people of the Americas and the Caribbean would ultimately set in motion the destruction of Native American life and culture as it had existed for thousands of years. Images and stereotypes of the Native Americans were indelibly etched into the minds of the Europeans and we struggle today to eradicate these harmful portrayals.

     Throughout the history of American literature, the Native American is rarely presented as a fully developed character; instead, he is degraded to a mere caricature, one deeply rooted in traditional racial prejudices. In his novel, The Pioneers, James Fennimore Cooper became the one of the first American authors to depict an Indian as a leading character; in fact, Cooper's depiction of the infamous Chinkachgook is widely considered to be the original archetypical basis for Native American figures as seen in American literature.  However, Cooper's characterization of Chinkachgook, known by a variety of names, including John Mohegan and Indian John, is based

In general, the stereotype means that the old version or old form which did not change as the time passed. The form of stereotypes can have named as object, forms of human thought, the forms of human’s action. The stereotype is always existing in our daily life. The form of stereotypes always exists on everywhere and every time. The form of stereotypes can divide into two categories: positive stereotypes and negative stereotypes. Those positive stereotypes mainly describe to encourage people, group and organization to changes better. Those negative stereotypes usually identify those who cannot or hardly make any changes or new ways. Everyone can have experienced in some situation when people or a country do not want to change. Change is the