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rjsquirrel

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53. That song

Sat Mar 21, 2015, 01:39 PM

Mar 2015

is full of racist stereotypes. Yuck.

And unless you're an enrolled tribal member, bragging about your "Indian blood" is part of the same tradition of casual erasure of real Native people in favor of mythologies, stereotypes, and appropriations.

The girl in the photo is a white man's fantasy of an exotic "Indian maid" in nature. In reality she was witness to the genocide of her people.

National Geographic is the Riefenstahl of that genocide.

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Stunning photo - Chippewa Indian girl, 1907 [View all] oxymoron Mar 2015 OP

Just beautiful indeed! wendylaroux Mar 2015 #1

I have Ojibway blood.. mahalo, oxymoron for the beautiful photo. I'll have to show it to my sister Cha Mar 2015 #2

looks like it is https://i.imgur.com/Gluqvrm.jpg LiberalArkie Mar 2015 #8

Mahalo LiberalArkie! Except that just gets us the photo.. but that's okay.. Cha Mar 2015 #37

beautiful !!! unionthug777 Mar 2015 #3

Hey, Thug, how're they hanging? Yes, she's very beautiful. Scuba Mar 2015 #6

hi scuba !! unionthug777 Mar 2015 #41

It's spring here! Loving it! Scuba Mar 2015 #42

here too !!! unionthug777 Mar 2015 #43

I got some in me too, from my Mama's side! Cha Mar 2015 #38

Lovely, just lovely. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #4

So many of us: El Shaman Mar 2015 #33

That song rjsquirrel Mar 2015 #53

Hey, lighten up man. davidsilver Mar 2015 #55

The first time I heard this song was in a cafe in the Navajo Nation mountain grammy Mar 2015 #56

This message was self-deleted by its author proverbialwisdom Mar 2015 #58

That picture is perfection. virgogal Mar 2015 #5

+100 narnian60 Mar 2015 #9

What an image. Powerful. aikoaiko Mar 2015 #7

Awesome. raven mad Mar 2015 #10

Sugoiiii! yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #11

I wonder what she was thinking. I'm truly touched. BlueJazz Mar 2015 #12

That was my reaction as well oxymoron Mar 2015 #27

Wow! Thank you for introducing me to Roland W Reed... radhika Mar 2015 #13

Thank you for posting the link oxymoron Mar 2015 #21

Wow, stunning is right. laundry_queen Mar 2015 #14

Stunning! n/t FourScore Mar 2015 #15

How moving and how incredibly beautiful. cwydro Mar 2015 #16

Beautiful lady. Background lookes like she may be standing on a hill overlooking Lake Superior. jwirr Mar 2015 #17

There are several bands of Ojibwe in Minnesota Jenoch Mar 2015 #19

That is true. My son-in-laws and grandchildren and great grandchildern are all Ojibwe. We live near jwirr Mar 2015 #20

I used to live in Duluth. Jenoch Mar 2015 #23

Now you have me beat there. I have only been to the one in Duluth and the one outside Cloquet. jwirr Mar 2015 #25

I'm going give you an idea of how long ago Jenoch Mar 2015 #30

Long time ago. jwirr Mar 2015 #32

And in Michigan gollygee Mar 2015 #29

The wave pattern said ''Lake Michigan'' to me... Octafish Mar 2015 #54

More likely Red Lake, since Reed did much of his work there. Brickbat Mar 2015 #24

That is very possible. It is a huge lake and would look like also. jwirr Mar 2015 #26

I did a quick search about him. Jenoch Mar 2015 #31

Nothing more than Wikipedia. Brickbat Mar 2015 #45

That was exactly my thought. Jackpine Radical Mar 2015 #59

I too am impresssed with this photo. Jenoch Mar 2015 #18

I think Brickbat is correct toothless dragon Mar 2015 #28

Her name is Every Wind! Bulletin Justin Mar 2015 #22

Interesting, Reed titled the photograph Enemy Wind yet identifies her as Everywind Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #47

makes me cry.... BlancheSplanchnik Mar 2015 #34

kick Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #35

Thank you for posting this. greatlaurel Mar 2015 #36

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Beautiful. She looks like my mom as a girl, but she wasn't born until 1924. catbyte Mar 2015 #40

I don't know where you get "National Geographic, 1907" Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #44

Maybe here: Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #46

Thanks Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #48

The photograph was taken in 1907 - National Geographic purchased it in 1915 Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #49

My hat is off to you Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #51

Five minutes visiting Wikipedia® and I'm an authority Brother Buzz Mar 2015 #52

I have been to the Smithsonian Castle Art_from_Ark Mar 2015 #63

Breathtaking. Aristus Mar 2015 #50

What a different world it was then. Richard D Mar 2015 #57

Lovely. nt AikenYankee Mar 2015 #60

Oh my. Delphinus Mar 2015 #61

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