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varietydirtbag t1_jaa9m7n wrote

Reply to comment by Sometimesnotfunny in Rights to 'Crying Indian' ad to go to Native American group by Slavic_Dusa

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.

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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.

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Dorocche t1_jab3906 wrote

Positive compared to his contemporaries, at least

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Bearman71 t1_jabusy3 wrote

I mean they were though. The plains natives were absolutely fucking brutal people.

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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.

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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.

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cinnamon-eater t1_jaewk6x wrote

Can you describe... anything at all about this supposed brutality?

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Bearman71 t1_jaeygb2 wrote

Murdering other tribes for resources and stealing children?

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