1945: the movie moguls think that Indians are only good for scaring children, buffoonery, folding their arms to say "ugh,"

Indians Not Type to Portray Indians
     After testing more than a sozen accomplished Indian actors in a fruitless endeavor to find two to portray Indian chiefs in "Badman's Territory," starring Randolph Scott, Director Tim Whelan was in a quandary. None of the Indians was the type to play the chief. 
     Then along came two white men, Chuck Hamilton and Alex Montoya, who won the roles without further ado. They made up to look more like Indians than the Indians themselves.

* Note: Translation: The REAL American Indians didn't fit the stereotypical image of what an ENDIAN should be - so I cast white people who would paint themselves and wear wigs.
1945, Nov 30 Pittsburgh Post Gazette 
Hollywood Makes Redskins See Red
                                                                    1946, Nov 26 The Burlington Free Press 
     Denver - When he's not working as a clerk and patrolman for the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad, a tall Sioux-Indian conducts a one-man crusade to give the Red Man a better break in Hollywood.
     "Apparently the movie moguls think that Indians are only good for scaring children, buffoonery, folding their arms to say "ugh," said Le-Talk-La-Na-Pe.
     The 50 year-old Indian added that he learned about Hollywood Indians by appearing once as a Redskin horseman but quit because his costume and the action were not authentic. 
1946, Nov 26 The Burlington Free Press 

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