Nov 22, 1911 - The false portrayal of Native people in film -- " it is instilling an antagonistic germ in the mind of the young American against the American Indian that, if continued may cause a bitterness."

By fall, the protests had not quieted. Men representing various tribal nations objected to their portrayal in films, including Cheyenne, Arapaho, Chippewa, Osage, Yankton Sioux,  Shoshone, Apache, Kiowa, Seminole and then indigenous people from a Southern California Indian reservation. The objections were always the same: "they were loud in their complaints of what they termed the 'white man's injustice.' "

1911, Sept 17   Springfield Missouri Republican 

The same article ran in another newspaper, but with this headline:

1911, Sept 10   Oakland Tribune 

And another newspaper interview took place on November 22, in New York, He said he was Red Eagle, and he said the following:

"Ever since the moving-picture houses became a popular source of amusement they have featured the so-called Indian picture. Accompanied by the trap-drummer's yelp and the muffled beating of his drum in imitation of the tom-tom, the operator throws a picture on the screen of a made-up individual supposed to represent an Indian, who proceeds to execute a series of grotesque actions that are as flagrant as they are exaggerated."

"To the average child - and adults too - the Indian is a yelling, paint-be-daubed creature, reeking of barbarism and possessing little or no intelligence. Whether the National Board of Censorship is aware of the fact of not (probably not), it is instilling an antagonistic germ in the mind of the young American against the American Indian that, if continued may cause a bitterness."

He said he had viewed a recent film where the heroine, supposed to be a real Indian, but was only an Indian by the grace of her make-up box...

He also said, "A short time ago in a Western city an Indian chief and three braves went into a moving-picture house that was featuring an 'Indian' picture. They became so disgusted that midway of the performance they arose and stalked out. The finer sensibilities of an Indian rise futilely at the grossly exaggerated and falsely represented position to which his race is subjected. I know, for I am a full-blooded Millicete."

"Not including the tribal rites and ceremonies, an act should be passed prohibiting the showing of the 'Indian' picture so prevalent today. By all means let the ceremonies live in picture and song, but let those who are capable of going through the ceremony without holding it up to ridicule and derision do the reproducing."

1911, Nov 22  The Frederick Post