Many Feathers and Much Paint Don't Make an Indian

Insulting Cartoon 1988 May 22, Star Tribune        On May 1, you published an article on racism on campus by staff writer Kurt Chandler. Two weeks earlier you published Hank K. Ketcham's Dennis the Menace cartoon about Indians, which presented the following stereotypes. 1988 April 17, Daily World        Being Indian is a game of pretend for little white children. It is okay to make fun of or fun out of being Indian. Male Indians are called braves, wear a feathered head dress, wave "tommyhawks" and bows, and go on the warpath. Female Indians are called squaws, wear beads, braid their hair and carry pottery. Indians are wild.       Not one of these statements is true of my tribe. Not all are true of any Indian tribe. Where do college students get the ideas which result in "subtle racism?" Where do little children learn that it is right to make fun of other cultures? They learn from your newspaper. These "funnies" are not funny; they are insul

12 Indian Leaders Rise From  History in Bid to Dispel Myth  By Patricia VanHorn  1983 May 12, The Pittsburgh Press        Twelve American Indian leaders are visiting Parkway Center Mail in Green Tree... They're only mannequins, but Indian representatives believe their presence, plus a little big of history, may help break the stereotypical Indian mold.       The Great American Indian Leaders exhibit,   sponsored by Encyclopedia Britannica, will be on display free, through Sunday during the mail's operating hours.       "The Indians are very much misunderstood," said Kevin Stanton. Encyclopedia Britannica spokesman and driver of the which which carries the exhibit. "They're not savages. They're very religious, very hospitable. They're not like how the Hollywood movies portray Indians."       "The exhibit educates people on the fact that the Indian is very much alive. Everyone can learn about them and from them."