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On the effect of American "cowboy-and-Indian" movies:
"These films mashed up the traditions of countless tribes indiscriminately, often depicting Native Americans as primitive, even bloodthirsty brutes.… Meanwhile, the real-life meanings attached to certain items, customs and historical figures got distorted or lost, and white Americans, for the most part, neither knew nor cared."
Maybe the most telling effect is the presence of headbands in non-Indians' depictions of American Indians. It's assumed that Indians wore headbands because Hollywood filmmakers ordered up wigs of long black hair for their "Indians," but the wigs would not stay on straight. So the headbands were added to hold the fake hair in place.
Now the Indian headband has become an indispensable element of dressing up as an Indian. (See the link.)
Many of the images you'll find are of Indian headband craft projects for kids. As an alternative, native-languages.org has a page that sketches the variety of headdresses worn by North American natives, who wore them, what they meant, and so on. It's a gentle way to challenge one stereotype.
On the effect of American "cowboy-and-Indian" movies:
"These films mashed up the traditions of countless tribes indiscriminately, often depicting Native Americans as primitive, even bloodthirsty brutes.… Meanwhile, the real-life meanings attached to certain items, customs and historical figures got distorted or lost, and white Americans, for the most part, neither knew nor cared."
Maybe the most telling effect is the presence of headbands in non-Indians' depictions of American Indians. It's assumed that Indians wore headbands because Hollywood filmmakers ordered up wigs of long black hair for their "Indians," but the wigs would not stay on straight. So the headbands were added to hold the fake hair in place.
Now the Indian headband has become an indispensable element of dressing up as an Indian. (See the link.)
Many of the images you'll find are of Indian headband craft projects for kids. As an alternative, native-languages.org has a page that sketches the variety of headdresses worn by North American natives, who wore them, what they meant, and so on. It's a gentle way to challenge one stereotype.
