Such as ‘Dead Indian,’ ‘Live Indian,’ and ‘Legal Indian.’
Starting with ‘Dead Indians,’ “but not Dead Indians I’m talking about is not deceased sort. Nor are they all that inconvenient,” (King, 53), they are known for being noble and innocent.
He continues to say, “After all, Dead Indians are the only antiquity that North America has,” (King, 54).
Giving an example of by stating why Sacheen Littlefeather the women who attended the Oscars and gave a speech by representing Marlon Brando, who won.
King goes into stating why Littlefeather did not wear a designer Dior gown, was because “whenever cultural significance …show more content…
23- Moving to ‘Live Indians,’ are “from an Old World point of view, were an intriguing, perplexing, and annoying part of the life in the New World,” (King, 59).
‘Live Indians’ are more modern and up to date compared to the ‘Dead Indians.’
As years progressed ‘Live Indians’ did not die out, which they were supposed to, due to North America not being a fond of them.
King describes how “all Native people living in North America today are Live Indians,” (King, 61).
Stating how ‘Live Indians’ did not benefit ‘Whites,” as much as the ‘Dead Indians’ did.
Which is why they were wanted to be gone and not exist, which eventually came …show more content…
However, all these three stereotypical Natives exist everywhere and should not be shamed upon.
24- Relating to the Hollywood movies, ‘Cowboys and Indians’ was one of the popular types of movies presents on film.
It demonstrated how to this day Natives are looked down upon when a settlement or treaties are taken place.
‘Cowboys and Indians’ are not to be taken seriously, upon the Natives’ part, therefore creates problems when agreeing to treaties or settlements.
When King was growing up, he and his brother used to play, ‘Cowboys and Indians,’ while all of them were true ‘Indians’ no one wanted to be an ‘Indian,’ only a cowboy.
This illustrates how much media and stereotypes affect a child’s life, King at that time was influenced by how being an ‘Indian’ means you will always lose.
This reflects on the original “Alcatraz Proclamation,” just shows the unfairness between the ‘Cowboys and Indians’ or the ‘Whites and Indians.’
Some rules are:
“1) It is isolated from modern facilities, and without adequate means of transportation.
2) It has no fresh running water.
3) It has inadequate sanitation facilities,” (King,