Submitted by Slavic_Dusa t3_11diue1 in UpliftingNews
varietydirtbag t1_jaa39l2 wrote
Reply to comment by Sometimesnotfunny in Rights to 'Crying Indian' ad to go to Native American group by Slavic_Dusa
Such a crazy story, but at some point I think he was genuinely accepted as a part of a Native American tribe.
Sometimesnotfunny t1_jaa8haa wrote
I don't know enough to say either way, but his wikipedia article (grain of salt) mentions he claimed Native American pretty much his whole life, but pretty much everybody questioned it. Especially when your birth name is Espera De Corti.
varietydirtbag t1_jaa9m7n wrote
So yes he's Italian and lied about it his whole life. He played Native American's in film and TV but he was eventually accepted into a tribe even though he was of Italian decent. It was a while ago I read the story so can't remember the specifics how this happened.
Sometimesnotfunny t1_jaae8cv wrote
You're probably right, especially if he portrayed NA folks in a positive way, and not as hatchet-wielding bloodthirsty savages as history is wont to do.
Dorocche t1_jab3906 wrote
Positive compared to his contemporaries, at least
Bearman71 t1_jabusy3 wrote
I mean they were though. The plains natives were absolutely fucking brutal people.
Sometimesnotfunny t1_jadc5ch wrote
In response to what was happening to them or in general? Context matters. If you're pulling my rug out from under me, yeah, I'm gonna be Savage.
Bearman71 t1_jadmwa6 wrote
In general, their brutality didn't magically start when Europeans moved in, they had a long brutal culture long before then.
Sometimesnotfunny t1_jaea4j7 wrote
I wouldn't know, I wasn't there, just asking
cinnamon-eater t1_jaewk6x wrote
Can you describe... anything at all about this supposed brutality?
Bearman71 t1_jaeygb2 wrote
Murdering other tribes for resources and stealing children?
JollyGreenGiraffe t1_jab71hh wrote
His adopted children helped him get into a tribe.
WikiSummarizerBot t1_jaa8ixw wrote
>Iron Eyes Cody (born Espera Oscar de Corti, April 3, 1904 – January 4, 1999) was an American actor of Italian descent who portrayed Native Americans in Hollywood films, famously as Chief Iron Eyes in Bob Hope's The Paleface (1948). He also played a Native American shedding a tear about litter in one of the country's most well-known television public service announcements from the group Keep America Beautiful. Living in Hollywood, he began to insist, even in his private life, that he was Native American, over time claiming membership in several different tribes. In 1996, Cody's half-sister said that he was of Italian ancestry, but he denied it.
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