Depictions of North American Indians In Popular Culture

Harold R. (Hal) Foster’s Prince Valiant

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Northwest Coast Salish Boy circa 1900. © Respective copyright holders.

Artist Unknown (possibly Assiniboin) Man on Horseback Shooting A Woman
(graphite and water color on paper). © Respective copyright holders.



Circa 1885 © Respective copyright holders.

Stephan Mopope (Kiowa) Dancer With Bustle 1929
 opaque water color on colored paper. © Respective copyright holders.

Harold R. (Hal) Foster’s Prince Valiant

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Spicy Western Stories Mar 1937.  In the depths of the great depression our Indian brothers joined the ranks of gangsters, spies, Oriental arch-fiends and any other menace to womanhood in Spicy pulp magazines. © Respective copyright holders.

Dagwood Comics 35 Oct 1953 - In these days of television's infancy, all kids played cowboys and Indians from time to time; some were left with stereo-typical perceptions while others more sympathetic sought out more truthful ideas. © Respective copyright holders.

Old Nick Of The Swamp 40 Beadle's Frontier Series 1908 Pulp Magazine. Popular depictions of Indians such as this from this time period are often particularly vicious. Here the white cowboy lassoes the fleeing 'Buck' with a noose, causing him to drop his rifle and scalps. Odds are  the writer and artist never saw the West or an Indian in their lives. © Respective copyright holders.

Red Wolf 1 May 1971 (Gil Kane/John Severin cover art) - At this time the comics publishers were trying out superheroes of all ethnic flavors.  © Respective copyright holders.



Harold R. (Hal) Foster’s Prince Valiant

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