Because war ponies and war paint and headdresses go against the narrative that injuns were nothing but a bunch of lotus-eating hippies who just sat around and spewed wisdom until the white man showed up.
More like Thoreau and Rosseau and those fucking faggots, and injuns HAVE picked up on that narrative (and the garbage about how "in tune" with nature they are, and how they NEVER kill more than they need - BULLSHIT .. when you live hand to mouth, you don't waste. But buffalo jumps are wasteful, and SO WAS THE FUR TRADE. Also, you know who doesn't waste? The modern meat industry, as much as it can help it.) They'll use that shit when it's politically useful.
Ah, the River Raisin incident. Yep, that kind of got swept universally under the rug.
The injuns refused to fight unless they were allowed to take scalps, and kill whomever they fucking pleased, because sparing women and children actually IS a white people thing.
Because war ponies and war paint and headdresses go against the narrative that injuns were nothing but a bunch of lotus-eating hippies who just sat around and spewed wisdom until the white man showed up.
Which is an entirely white woman concept.
The native Americans themselves are quite proud of their martial history, just look at FSU
More like Thoreau and Rosseau and those fucking faggots, and injuns HAVE picked up on that narrative (and the garbage about how "in tune" with nature they are, and how they NEVER kill more than they need - BULLSHIT .. when you live hand to mouth, you don't waste. But buffalo jumps are wasteful, and SO WAS THE FUR TRADE. Also, you know who doesn't waste? The modern meat industry, as much as it can help it.) They'll use that shit when it's politically useful.
And everyone got bamboozled by Grey Owl.
French and Indian War also, no?
Literally the plot of The Last of the Mohicans!! From the, uhh, English perspective, though, in that case, because it predates 1776, naturally…
Good movie. Less good book, I hear. 🤷🏻♂️
Have it. Haven’t managed to actually read it, tho, yet, which I regret…
But yeh, if you haven’t seen it, the movie is good, if a little… Dense, initially!
I guess you could argue Dances With Wolves, also (Civil War era), although that, admittedly, does dip into “noble savage” territory quite a bit, so…
Also Costner. Peak Costner. 🤦🏻♂️
Ah, the River Raisin incident. Yep, that kind of got swept universally under the rug.
The injuns refused to fight unless they were allowed to take scalps, and kill whomever they fucking pleased, because sparing women and children actually IS a white people thing.